An infant with a giant right ventricular fibroma

An infant with a giant right ventricular fibroma

Although fibroma is the second most common benign cardiac tumor following rabdomyoma, its incidence is quite low. Fibromas causing ventricular outflow tract obstruction, arrhythmia, and/or severe valvular dysfunction necessitate surgical resection. An infant with asymptomatic clinical course, desp...

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Main Authors: Fikri Demir, Alper Akın, Meki Bilici, Fesih Aktar, Ünal Uluca, Mehmet İbrahim Turan, İlhan Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dicle University Medical School 2014-09-01
Series:Dicle Medical Journal
Subjects:
Fibroma
cardiac tumor
Online Access:http://www.diclemedj.org/upload/sayi/33/Dicle%20Med%20J-02192.pdf
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Summary:Although fibroma is the second most common benign cardiac tumor following rabdomyoma, its incidence is quite low. Fibromas causing ventricular outflow tract obstruction, arrhythmia, and/or severe valvular dysfunction necessitate surgical resection. An infant with asymptomatic clinical course, despite having a giant right ventricular fibroma was reported herein.
ISSN:1300-2945
1308-9889

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