A CASE OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HEMANGIOMA
Abstract
Primary benign vascular tumors of the
heart are rare. They are hemangiomas,
lymphangiomas and hemangioendotheliomas.
Of the three, lymphangiomas
are very rare and hemangiomas occur
frequently(1). 35yr old male with atypical
chest pain was diagnosed to have mass
with heterogenous opacity in left ventricle
by echocardiogram. It turned out to be
hemangioma on histopathologic examination
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