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Autopsy of a 10-year-old boy who died suddenly revealed a large cardiac fibroma replacing the entire left ventricular wall.
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This case highlights that large cardiac fibromas can be asymptomatic until causing sudden death in children, emphasizing the potential utility of early noninvasive imaging.
Cardiac fibromas may cause asymptomatic sudden death in children; this case leaves open the utility of early noninvasive imaging.
Introduction: Cardiac fibroma is a rare benign tumor, although it is considered the second most frequent cardiac tumor in children. It is located in the ventricular myocardium, frequently in the interventricular septum. One third of the cases are asymptomatic, being discovered postmortem. Case presentation: A 10-year-old male child accused severe dyspnea a few minutes before its sudden death. Autopsy examination revealed hypertrophic cardiomegaly, the entire left ventricular wall being replaced by an enlarged tumor mass. On histopathological examination, the tumor was diagnosed as cardiac fibroma. Conclusions: Noninvasive examinations during childhood, such as cardiac ultrasound, increase the early detection of the tumors of the heart, decreasing the number of sudden death cases in young patients, especially children.
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Radu et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Cardiac fibroma (n=1). Cardiac fibroma was evaluated on Sudden death. Autopsy of a 10-year-old boy who died suddenly revealed a large cardiac fibroma replacing the entire left ventricular wall.
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