Successful resection of a primary cardiac fibroma in a neonate: report of a case

Surg Today. 2014 Sep;44(9):1768-70. doi: 10.1007/s00595-013-0614-5. Epub 2013 May 15.

Abstract

During the fetal-neonatal period, a primary cardiac tumor may be completely asymptomatic and such tumors may be incidentally discovered by echocardiography. A four-hour-old male was diagnosed to have a cardiac tumor by post-natal echocardiography and was observed closely. Surgery was indicated immediately at the 3 week follow-up examination when the tumor was found to have obstructed the right ventricle outflow. The tumor was resected successfully and its histopathology indicated that it was a fibroma. Follow-up echocardiograms and magnetic resonance imaging 5 months postoperatively demonstrated no evidence of any remaining tumor and his RV function was good.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Echocardiography
  • Fibroma / congenital*
  • Fibroma / diagnosis
  • Fibroma / surgery*
  • Heart Neoplasms / congenital*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / etiology