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Case Reports

Pericardial Hemangioma Taking Origin From the Posterior Wall of the Left Atrium

^a Department of Internal Medicine, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington
^b Department of Radiology, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania
^c Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania
^d Department of Cardiology, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania
^e Department of Pathology, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania
^f Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Accepted for publication March 5, 2009.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Lim, Department of Radiology, Abington Memorial Hospital, 1200 Old York Rd, Abington, PA 19001 (Email: plim{at}amh.org).

We present a rare case of a pericardial hemangioma taking origin from the posterior wall of the left atrium and compressing the surrounding structures. Contrast cardiac magnetic resonance imaging preoperatively established the diagnosis, and computed tomographic findings helped in the management of this patient.