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A 7-week-old boy presented with a massive cystic tumour attached to the left ventricular myocardium, continuous with the papillary muscles.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights the presentation and multimodality imaging characteristics of a massive paediatric cardiac tumour that had a good medium-term outcome.
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Extends reported outcomes for massive paediatric cardiac tumours; leaves open optimal management pending larger series.
A 7-week-old boy presented with decreased feeding and tachypnoea. On examination he had a pansystolic murmur and hepatomegaly. Echocardiogram delineated a large cystic tumour attached to the left ventricular myocardium, continuous with the papillary muscles (figure 1A,B). Figure 1 (A) Echocardiography: apical four-chamber view demonstrating extensive tumour within the LV cavity. (B) Echocardiography: short-axis image demonstrating extensive tumour size and heterogeneous tissue types. (C) MRI: minimal enhancement on late gadolinium enhancement. (D) MRI steady-state free precession: heterogeneous signal within the tumour. (E) CT: marked compression of …
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Chivers et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Paediatric cardiac tumour (n=1). A 7-week-old boy presented with a massive cystic tumour attached to the left ventricular myocardium, continuous with the papillary muscles.
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