Tian Y, Lin J, Yang X, Zeng D, Hu Y, Chen J, Wu Z, Deng X. A rare morphology of the cardiac fibroma in a child: a case report.
Front Cardiovasc Med 2024;
11:1357747. [PMID:
38606376 PMCID:
PMC11008678 DOI:
10.3389/fcvm.2024.1357747]
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Abstract
Here we report a rare morphology of a cardiac fibroma in a child. A 2-year and 8-month-old toddler came for "chronic constipation" and was found to have a heart murmur on cardiac auscultation. Further transthoracic echocardiography suggested "a strong echogenic mass in the left ventricular wall, with some part of "a string of beads" in shape extending into left ventricle outflow tract", which was atypical for either a tumor, thrombus or vegetation. The child underwent resection of the mass and mitral valvuloplasty. Pathological examination confirmed the mass as a cardiac fibroma.
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