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H. Kitamura, H. Okabayashi, M. Hanyu, Y. Soga, T. Nomoto and H. Johno, “Successful Enucleation of a Giant Cardiac Hemangioendothelioma Showing an Unusual Proliferation Pattern,” The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol. 130, No. 4, 2005, pp. 1199-1201. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.05.018

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• TITLE: A Primary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma of the Right Atrium: Report of a Case and Literature Review

  AUTHORS: Tsutomu Sugimoto, Kazuo Yamamoto, Shinpei Yoshii

  KEYWORDS: Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma; Heart; Right Atrium

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.3 No.2, June 5, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Primary cardiac epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is extremely uncommon. To our knowledge, only fourteen cases have been reported. We report a case of a primary EHE of the right atrium which incidentally detected in 77-year-old woman. Echocardiograhpy revealed a 26 × 16 mm right atrial mass attached to the base of the interatrial septum and moderate regurgitation of the tricuspid valve. The tumor and stalk were completely resected from the interatrial septum with a partial resection of the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve. The patient had an uneventful postoperative course and no signs of recurrence nor metastasis of EHE 4 years after operation. Because of malignant potential of EHE, a longer period of close follow up is necessary.