Key result
Giant RV fibroma co-existing with an ASD presents in a 15-year-old girl.
Why the study?
The clinical presentation and management of giant ventricular fibroma co-existing with atrial septal defect in children require detailed description due to varied symptoms and treatment approaches.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a rare clinical presentation of a giant right ventricular fibroma co-existing with an atrial septal defect in a pediatric patient.
Raises awareness of giant RV fibroma with ASD in adolescence; leaves open whether this represents a novel association.
The most common benign cardiac tumours are the myxomas, the rhabdomyomas, and the fibromas, with the latter 2 variants being the most common tumours encountered in children. The size and location of tumours within the heart create a variety of clinical findings, such as murmurs, chest pain, tachyarrythmias, and congestive cardiac failure. Nowadays, the tumours are usually diagnosed by echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging and cardiac catheterization. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice if the tumour causes either arrhythmia or cavitary obstruction. In this report, we describe a giant ventricular fibroma co-existing with an atrial septal defect in a girl aged 15 years.
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Dimassi et al. (2009) conducted a case report in Giant right ventricular fibroma co-existing with an atrial septal defect (n=1). Giant right ventricular fibroma was evaluated. A giant right ventricular fibroma co-existing with an atrial septal defect was described in a 15-year-old girl.
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