Benign Pericardial Hemangioma—A Rare Cause of Cardiac Tamponade

Pericardial tumors are very rare. It can be primary or secondary, of which secondary tumors are more common. Pericardial hemangiomas are extremely rare primary neoplasms and there are only very few cases published in the literature. These patients can be asymptomatic. When symptomatic, they present...

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Autores principales:	Dhanya Jacob, Thara Pratap, Anand Kumar, Rashmi R., Vishnu A. K.
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Publicado:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021
Materias:	cardiac tamponade computed tomography pericardial hemangioma Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine R895-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:aa46458dd4a44819b7fd2646934198d82021-11-13T23:32:31ZBenign Pericardial Hemangioma—A Rare Cause of Cardiac Tamponade0971-30261998-380810.1055/s-0041-1736405https://doaj.org/article/aa46458dd4a44819b7fd2646934198d82021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1736405https://doaj.org/toc/0971-3026https://doaj.org/toc/1998-3808Pericardial tumors are very rare. It can be primary or secondary, of which secondary tumors are more common. Pericardial hemangiomas are extremely rare primary neoplasms and there are only very few cases published in the literature. These patients can be asymptomatic. When symptomatic, they present with dyspnea, palpitation, or atypical chest pain. Severity of symptoms depends on the size and location of the tumor. Pericardial effusion with features of cardiac tamponade can lead to a life-threatening situation. Here, we report a case of pericardial hemangioma in a patient who presented with breathlessness and tamponade which was diagnosed preoperatively with computed tomography.Dhanya JacobThara PratapAnand KumarRashmi R.Vishnu A. K.Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articlecardiac tamponadecomputed tomographypericardial hemangiomaMedical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicineR895-920ENIndian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, Vol 31, Iss 03, Pp 754-757 (2021)
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topic	cardiac tamponade computed tomography pericardial hemangioma Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine R895-920
spellingShingle	cardiac tamponade computed tomography pericardial hemangioma Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine R895-920 Dhanya Jacob Thara Pratap Anand Kumar Rashmi R. Vishnu A. K. Benign Pericardial Hemangioma—A Rare Cause of Cardiac Tamponade
description	Pericardial tumors are very rare. It can be primary or secondary, of which secondary tumors are more common. Pericardial hemangiomas are extremely rare primary neoplasms and there are only very few cases published in the literature. These patients can be asymptomatic. When symptomatic, they present with dyspnea, palpitation, or atypical chest pain. Severity of symptoms depends on the size and location of the tumor. Pericardial effusion with features of cardiac tamponade can lead to a life-threatening situation. Here, we report a case of pericardial hemangioma in a patient who presented with breathlessness and tamponade which was diagnosed preoperatively with computed tomography.
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author	Dhanya Jacob Thara Pratap Anand Kumar Rashmi R. Vishnu A. K.
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title	Benign Pericardial Hemangioma—A Rare Cause of Cardiac Tamponade
title_short	Benign Pericardial Hemangioma—A Rare Cause of Cardiac Tamponade
title_full	Benign Pericardial Hemangioma—A Rare Cause of Cardiac Tamponade
title_fullStr	Benign Pericardial Hemangioma—A Rare Cause of Cardiac Tamponade
title_full_unstemmed	Benign Pericardial Hemangioma—A Rare Cause of Cardiac Tamponade
title_sort	benign pericardial hemangioma—a rare cause of cardiac tamponade
publisher	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
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Benign Pericardial Hemangioma—A Rare Cause of Cardiac Tamponade

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