TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiac Lymphangioma Encasing Right Coronary Artery in an Infant
AU - Bansal, Neha
AU - Haidar-El-Atrache, Sara
AU - Walters, Henry L.
AU - Kobayashi, Daisuke
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - Cardiac lymphangioma is a rare primary benign tumor of the heart. We report a 3-year-old with cystic lymphangioma encasing the right coronary artery. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging confirmed a intra-pericardial heterogeneous mass measuring 2.6 × 2.4 × 3.9 cm and situated right anterolateral to the ascending aorta and extending into the right atrioventricular groove. Furthermore, the right coronary artery traversed through the center of the mass. Surgical resection, on cardiopulmonary bypass, consisted of excision by skeletonizing the right coronary artery along the length of the mass. The pathology report was consistent with a lymphatic malformation. The postoperative course was uneventful without recurrence at follow-up.
AB - Cardiac lymphangioma is a rare primary benign tumor of the heart. We report a 3-year-old with cystic lymphangioma encasing the right coronary artery. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging confirmed a intra-pericardial heterogeneous mass measuring 2.6 × 2.4 × 3.9 cm and situated right anterolateral to the ascending aorta and extending into the right atrioventricular groove. Furthermore, the right coronary artery traversed through the center of the mass. Surgical resection, on cardiopulmonary bypass, consisted of excision by skeletonizing the right coronary artery along the length of the mass. The pathology report was consistent with a lymphatic malformation. The postoperative course was uneventful without recurrence at follow-up.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.04.040
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.04.040
M3 - Article
C2 - 28838528
AN - SCOPUS:85028341527
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 104
SP - e279-e281
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 3
ER -