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In a 16-year-old boy, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a 1 × 1.5-cm tumor on a stalk attached to the anterior ventricular wall. The tumor showed homogeneous enhancement after the administration of gadorinium(Gd)-DTPA, indicating it was highly vascular. The tumor was excised during surgery and the histological examination led to a diagnosis of juvenile hemangioendothelioma. MRI therefore allowed a definitive diagnosis of cardiac hemangioma to be made preoperatively. This case represents the first reported instance of a benign left ventricular hemangioma diagnosed by MRI.
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Fukuzawa, S., Yamamoto, T., Shimada, K. et al. Hemangioma of the left ventricular cavity: Presumptive diagnosis by magnetic resonance imaging. Heart Vessels 8, 211–214 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01744744
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