Key result
Partial surgical resection of a cardiac fibroma yields an uneventful recovery in a pediatric LVNC patient.
Why the study?
Surgical treatment of cardiac fibroma in patients with left ventricular noncompaction has not been previously described.
Case Report (n=1)
Surgical excision of a cardiac fibroma can be performed safely and effectively to control ventricular arrhythmia in a pediatric patient with left ventricular noncompaction.
Supports safe partial resection in this rare pediatric case; hypothesis-generating for arrhythmia control in LV noncompaction.
Surgical treatment of cardiac fibroma is rare in patients with left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC). Although several case reports regarding cardiac fibroma have been published, resection in a patient with LVNC has not been described. Here, we describe the surgical treatment of left ventricular fibroma in a child with LVNC. We resected a cardiac fibroma in a 10-year-old boy with LVNC to control ventricular arrhythmia. Partial resection with careful tumor dissection was performed to avoid endocardial damage and entering the ventricular cavity. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient remains asymptomatic without heart failure or arrhythmia. Surgical excision of cardiac fibroma can be performed safely with excellent results, even in a child with LVNC.
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Sakurai et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Cardiac fibroma with left ventricular noncompaction (n=1). Surgical resection (partial resection) was evaluated on Postoperative course and symptom resolution. Partial surgical resection of a cardiac fibroma in a 10-year-old boy with left ventricular noncompaction was performed safely, resulting in an uneventful postoperative course without heart failure or arrhythmia.
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