An 11-year-old boy presenting with paraneoplastic manifestations including ecchymotic swellings and altered coagulation parameters was diagnosed with a life-threatening right ventricular outflow tract mass.
Case Report (n=1)
11-year-old boy presenting with paraneoplastic manifestations (ecchymotic swellings and altered coagulation parameters) due to a primary cardiac tumor in the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT)
Highlights the rare presentation of a primary cardiac tumor in a pediatric patient mimicking noncardiac disease through paraneoplastic manifestations like skin bleeds.
Primary cardiac tumours are extremely rare diagnostic entities.Their clinical manifestations are very variable and mimic both cardiac and noncardiac diseases.Hence clinical diagnosis remains as a challenge for any physician.So also tumours resulting in paraneoplastic syndromes are widely recognized and well understood.However such tumours as well as their paraneoplastic manifestations are not very common in paediatric practice.We report this extremely rare case in an eleven year old boy who presented with paraneoplastic manifestations in the form of ecchymotic swellings and altered coagulation parameters.Later it was proved to be due to a life threatening right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) mass.A high index of suspicion is essential in the timely diagnosis and management of such patients.
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Manju George Elenjickal
Jessy M M
Sushil Chandran
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Elenjickal et al. (Wed,) conducted a case report in Primary cardiac tumour (RVOT mass) with paraneoplastic manifestations (n=1). An 11-year-old boy presenting with paraneoplastic manifestations including ecchymotic swellings and altered coagulation parameters was diagnosed with a life-threatening right ventricular outflow tract mass.
synapsesocial.com/papers/69d8955f6c1944d70ce064d6 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.5005/pmj-11059-03_01_10