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An attempt at surgical removal of a right ventricular fibroma in a 16-month-old child failed because the extensive tumor could not be distinctly delineated from healthy myocardium.
Case Report (n=1)
Right ventricular fibroma in a child can present as severe tricuspid stenosis and may be unresectable due to extensive myocardial involvement.
Alerts to possible unresectability of infiltrative RV fibromas in infants; leaves open optimal management strategies.
A case of fibroma of the right ventricle in a child of 16 months is reported. The clinical and hemodynamic findings were those of severe tricuspid stenosis. Angiocardiography proved the obstruction to be due to a cardiac neoplasm, localized within the right ventricle. An attempt at surgical removal failed because the tumor, almost completely filling the cavity of the right ventricle, was too extensive and could not be distinctly delineated from the healthy myocardium.
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Hauwaert et al. (1965) conducted a case report in Fibroma of the right ventricle producing severe tricuspid stenosis (n=1). Surgical removal was evaluated on Surgical removal success. An attempt at surgical removal of a right ventricular fibroma in a 16-month-old child failed because the extensive tumor could not be distinctly delineated from healthy myocardium.
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