Key result
A premature newborn with a rare cardiac leiomyosarcoma mimicking an inborn infection underwent surgical extirpation but died from ventricular fibrillation and asystole postoperatively.
Why the study?
Malignant cardiac neoplasms are extremely rare in neonates, prenatal diagnosis is often unavailable, and initial symptoms can mimic non-cardiac diseases.
Case Report (n=1)
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Cardiac sarcomas in neonates are extremely rare and can mimic infections, requiring high clinical suspicion and echocardiography for diagnosis.
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Neonatal cardiac tumors warrant vigilance despite rarity; case extends sparse literature but leaves open optimal management strategies.
Vakrilova et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Cardiac Myosarcoma (n=1). Cardiac surgery (tumor extirpation) was evaluated on Clinical outcome. A premature newborn with a rare cardiac leiomyosarcoma mimicking an inborn infection underwent surgical extirpation but died from ventricular fibrillation and asystole postoperatively.
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