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Incremental benefit of three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of a primary pericardial hemangioma |
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| Authors: | Mohammed J Arisha MD Ming C Hsiung MD Navin C Nanda MD Ahmed ElKaryoni MD Ahmed H Mohamed MD Jeng Wei MD MSD |
| Institution: | 1. Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA;2. Division of Cardiology, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Abstract: | Hemangiomas are rarely found in the heart and pericardial involvement is even more rare. We report a case of primary pericardial hemangioma, in which three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (3DTEE) provided incremental benefit over standard two‐dimensional images. Our case also highlights the importance of systematic cropping of the 3D datasets in making a diagnosis of pericardial hemangioma with a greater degree of certainty. In addition, we also provide a literature review of the features of cardiac/pericardial hemangiomas in a tabular form. |
| Keywords: | hemangioma pericardium primary cardiac tumors three‐dimensional echocardiography transesophageal echocardiography two‐dimensional echocardiography |