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Right ventricular haemangiomas are rare benign tumours, usually solitary and commonly located in the right heart. We report a 49-year-old female who presented with four masses in the right ventricle, three arising from the right ventricular free wall and one arising from the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve. She subsequently underwent total excision of the tumours and an anteroinferior commissuroplasty for severe tricuspid regurgitation complicating the excision. Histology confirmed cavernous haemangioma. Solitary haemangioma of the right ventricle has been reported severally in the literature but, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of multiple right ventricular haemangiomas., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Copyright © 2023, Kesieme et al.)

For patients awaiting urgent total laryngectomy who require coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), the conventional median sternotomy should be avoided. We present a 69-year-old male who had urgent CABG as a prelude to an urgent laryngectomy for recurring laryngeal carcinoma. We recommend a manubrium-sparing T-shaped ministernotomy to preserve tissues and to avoid the disruption of the anatomy of the lower neck and superior mediastinum., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Copyright © 2023, Kesieme et al.)