Cardiac lymphangioma: Case report and review of the literature

Kaji, Tatsuru; Takamatsu, Hideo; Noguchi, Hiroyuki; Tahara, Hiroyuki; Matsuda, Hiromitsu; Nomura, Yoshio; Machigashira, Shouko; Watanabe, Shun‐ichi; Yoshioka, Takako

doi:10.1053/jpsu.2002.35445

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“…The size of these tumors varies, and the largest one reported was 9 cm in diameter. The tumors most commonly occur in the pericardial space,19 but other unusual primary sites include the myocardium, the posterior wall of the left atrium, and the AV node regions 4,10,11. The primary site of the cardiac lymphangioma in the present case (lower part of the interatrial septum) differs from all prior reports of this tumor.…”

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A Case of Cardiac Lymphangioma Presenting as a Cystic Mass in the Right Atrium

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A 44-year-old woman underwent surgery for an asymptomatic primary tumor of the heart located in the right atrium. The tumor was detected incidentally during follow-up computed tomography for a resected breast cancer. The mass, lying along the lower portion of the right atrial septum, was homogenous and cystic in nature, as detected by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography. Complete resection was performed via a median sternotomy under cardiopulmonary bypass. The postoperative course was uneventful. However, the histological result was surprising: the mass was a cardiac lymphangioma.

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“…Only nine cases of cardiac lymphangioma have been reported in the medical literature 3-11. More than half of the reported cases have occurred in patients under 10 years of age 3,4,6,8,9,11. Mediastinal lymphangiomas are most often asymptomatic masses incidentally discovered on chest X-ray.…”

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A Case of Cardiac Lymphangioma Presenting as a Cystic Mass in the Right Atrium

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“…In addition, cardiac and pelvic involvement, which we refer to as lymphangiomatosis, has not been previously described. The majority of reported cases of cardiac lymphangioma have occurred in children younger than 10 years (1-5), and symptoms appear to depend on sites and the extent of involvement, ranging from congestive heart failure, syncope, arrhythmia and palpitations to cardiac tamponade (5). …”

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“…Generally, cardiac lymphangiomas are uncommon and mostly occur in the pericardium and other unusual sites, such as the myocardium (5). However, intraatrial and intraventricular lymphangiomas as observed in the present case are rare (1, 2).…”

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Lymphangiomatosis Involving the Inferior Vena Cava, Heart, Pulmonary Artery and Pelvic Cavity

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et al. 2010

Korean J Radiol

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A 38-year-old woman who had undergone pelvic lymphangioma resection two months previously presented with cough and dyspnea. Transthoracic echocardiography and CT demonstrated the presence of a mixed cystic/solid component tumor involving the inferior vena cava, heart and pulmonary artery. Complete resection of the cardiac tumor was performed and lymphangioma was confirmed based on histopathologic examination. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of lymphangiomatosis with cardiac and pelvic involvement in the published clinical literature.

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“…In addition, the literature has discussed 17 cases of lymphangiomas localized in the heart [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. From these cases, 2 cases were diagnosed as a mixed hemolymphangioma.…”

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Cardiac lymphangioma

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Waligórski²,

Mokrzycki³

et al. 2013

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StreszczenieLymphangioma to bardzo rzadki, pierwotny nowotwór serca. Rozpoznawany jest zwykle przypadkowo w badaniach autopsyjnych. Do tej pory wydano zaledwie kilkanaście publikacji dotyczących tego nowotworu. W pięciu przypadkach rozpoznano go przypadkowo, w pozostałych dawał objawy kliniczne. Wynikały one z ucisku na struktury serca lub z zaburzonego przepływu krwi przez serce. Najczęściej były to objawy niewydolności krążenia i zaburzenia rytmu serca. W diagnostyce najbardziej przydatne jest badanie echokardiograficzne przezklatkowe i przezprzełykowe (TTE, TEE), które obrazuje guz wraz z efektem hemodynamicznym. Ostateczne rozpoznanie ustalane jest zwykle na podstawie badania histopatologicznego preparatu po jego operacyjnym usunięciu. Leczeniem z wyboru jest chirurgiczne wycięcie guza. W pracy przedstawiono przypadek lymphangioma, który był zlokalizowany w świetle prawego przedsionka i powodował znaczne utrudnienie napły-wu krwi do prawej komory, co było przyczyną niewydolności krążenia. Omówiono także wszystkie znane opisy przypadków tego nowotworu, które dotyczyły serca. Słowa kluczowe: guz serca, echokardiografia, operacja. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3) 283 CASE REPORT AbstractLymphangioma is a very rare primary tumor of the heart. It is usually incidentally found during autopsies and there have only been a handful of documented cases of this tumor in the heart. In 5 cases, it was discovered accidentally and the remaining cases gave clinical symptoms. Major symptoms of heart lymphangiomas include compression of surrounding mediastinal structures and/or inadequate blood flow through the heart. Specifically the cardiac disturbances lead to rhythm and circulatory failure. The most useful diagnostic tests for this heart tumor include echocardiography, which shows not only the tumor but also its hemodynamic effects. The following article presents the accidental finding of a lymphangioma, localized in the right atrium. It caused considerable difficulty for the blood flow into the right heart chamber, which then led to circulatory failure. In addition we will also discuss all known cases of cardiac lymphangiomas.

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Cardiac lymphangioma: Case report and review of the literature

Cited by 20 publications

References 8 publications

A Case of Cardiac Lymphangioma Presenting as a Cystic Mass in the Right Atrium

A Case of Cardiac Lymphangioma Presenting as a Cystic Mass in the Right Atrium

Lymphangiomatosis Involving the Inferior Vena Cava, Heart, Pulmonary Artery and Pelvic Cavity

Cardiac lymphangioma

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