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Pericardial hemangioma presenting fetal cardiac tamponade and postnatal bronchostenosis

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A case of pericardial hemangioma is described which was resected in the neonatal period due to its effect on the cardiopulmonary system. Preoperative differential diagnosis of a teratoma was difficult. Surgical extirpation resulted in massive bleeding and postoperative bronchomalacia. These complications suggest that we should choose a conservative therapy as often as possible.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center (KCMC), 2-138-4 Mutsukawa Minami-ku, 232-8555, Yokohama , Japan

    Norihiko Kitagawa, Youkatsu Ohhama, Yoshimitsu Fukuzato, Hiroshi Take, Masato Shinkai & Toshiji Nishi

  2. Department of Obstetrics, KCMC, Yokohama, Japan

    Michiko Yamanaka

  3. Department of Radiology, KCMC, Yokohama, Japan

    Noriko Aida

  4. Department of Pathology, KCMC, Yokohama, Japan

    Keisuke Kato

  5. Division of Neonatology, KCMC, Yokohama, Japan

    Akikatsu Toyoshima

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Kitagawa, N., Ohhama, Y., Fukuzato, Y. et al. Pericardial hemangioma presenting fetal cardiac tamponade and postnatal bronchostenosis. Ped Surgery Int 20, 376–377 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-004-1202-y

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