Report on clinical and pathological of cardiac angioma:An analysis of 10 cases

LIU Jianying; ZHANG Zhenlu; CHEN Youping; HU Ping

Abstract：Objective To analyze the clinical and pathological characteristics of cardiac angioma as to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac angioma. Methods In the retrospective study, 10 cases of cardiac angiom ( 4 cases of capillary, 5 cases of cavernoma and 1 case of venous) were analyzed from Feburary 2003 to Feburary 2014. Results A smooth surface was observed in all tissues of cardiac angioma with honeycomb-like cross section and full of thrombus in capsulas. Some of them had a pedicle. Vascular endothelial cell was the major component of cardiac angioma. Inflammatory cells could be seen in interstitium in some specimens. Three patients were lost contact. The other 7 patients were followed-up for 6 months to 3 years. They were recovered after operation, and no recurrence was observed. Conclusion Cardiac angioma is a rare disease. It could occur at any age with the absence of sex predomi-nance. Generally, the tumor is located on visceral pericardial in adults and on tricuspid valve in children. It is hard to diagnose cardiac angioma before surgery and the resected specimen should be collected for pathological examination. The tumor would not recur after sur-gery with a good prognosis. Patients should be followed regularly after surgery.