Case report: cardiac hemangioma.

Heart Surg Forum

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, London W2 1NY, UK.

Published: December 2001

A report of an asymptomatic cardiac hemangioma in a middle-aged man is presented. This is followed by a literature review of mediastinal hemangiomas.

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