PERICARDIAL HEMANGIOMA

Hemangiomas are rare cardiac and pericardial neoplasms, with the major ity diagnosed incidentally at autopsy. Pericardial hemangiomas typical ly arise from visceral pericardium, and most are cavernous hemangiomas . They are usually solitary and well circumscribed and range in size f rom 1 to 13.5 cm. Intense central contrast enhancement on CT and high signal on T2-weighted images suggest the diagnosis and can assist in p reoperative surgical planning.