Fatal cardiac arrest due to an unusual fibroma of the pulmonary valve

Pediatr Cardiol. 2009 May;30(4):536-9. doi: 10.1007/s00246-008-9380-3. Epub 2009 Apr 14.

Abstract

Fibroma, the second most common tumor in childhood, usually is a large solitary mass involving the ventricular septum or the left and rarely the right free ventricular wall. An unusual case of a 5.2-year-old boy with a large mass originating from the pulmonary valve is reported. The patient presented for evaluation of a murmur. Echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showed a large tumor extending from the distal right ventricular outflow tract through the pulmonary valve and into the main pulmonary artery causing moderate obstruction. The patient had a fatal cardiac arrest while awaiting surgery. The postmortem examination proved the tumor to be a fibroma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Fibroma / complications
  • Fibroma / pathology*
  • Heart Arrest / etiology*
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / complications
  • Heart Valve Diseases / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Valve*