[Surgical treatment of malignant hemangioendothelioma originated from the right atrium: a case report].

A 32-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because a cardiac tumor had been pointed out by a physician. CT scans showed a mass lesion with irregular patterns in the right atrium. The patient had the diagnosis of a malignant cardiac or pericardial tumor and an operation was performed. The mass originated from the right atrium included massive coagulated blood, and was resected with the pericardium and the right pleura. The histological diagnosis was malignant hemangioendothelioma. We present this case because only 35 patients with cardiac malignant hemangioendothelioma were reported in Japan.