Fibroma of the Left Ventricle in a Patient with Sotos Syndrome

Primary tumors of the heart are rare, with an incidence between 0.001% and 0.33% in autopsy findings, and with fibromas representing about 4% of benign cardiac tumors. We report the case of a cardiac fibroma in a 5‐year‐old child affected by Sotos syndrome. The mean sign was a ventricular tachycardi...

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Published in:Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2001-02, Vol.18 (2), p.171-173
Main Authors: Marcì, Marcello, Ziino, Ottavio, D'Angelo, Paolo, Miranda, Giuseppe, Pappone, Carlo, Battaglia, Antonino
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
cardiac fibroma
cardiac tumors
Child, Preschool
Congenital Abnormalities - diagnosis
echocardiography
Echocardiography, Doppler - methods
Electrocardiography
Fibroma - complications
Fibroma - diagnosis
Fibroma - diagnostic imaging
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Neoplasms - complications
Heart Neoplasms - diagnosis
Heart Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Risk Assessment
sotos syndrome
Syndrome
Tachycardia, Ventricular - diagnosis
Tachycardia, Ventricular - drug therapy
Tachycardia, Ventricular - etiology
ventricular tachycardia
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Summary:Primary tumors of the heart are rare, with an incidence between 0.001% and 0.33% in autopsy findings, and with fibromas representing about 4% of benign cardiac tumors. We report the case of a cardiac fibroma in a 5‐year‐old child affected by Sotos syndrome. The mean sign was a ventricular tachycardia.
ISSN:0742-2822
1540-8175
DOI:10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00171.x