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Giant Cardiac Fibroma: An Unusual Cause of Failure to Thrive

Navarini, Susanne ; Latzin, Philipp ; Kadner, Alexander ; Carrel, Thierry ; Hutter, Damian

In: Pediatric Cardiology, 2013, vol. 34, no. 5, p. 1264-1266

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    Titre
    • Giant Cardiac Fibroma: An Unusual Cause of Failure to Thrive
    Auteur
    • Navarini, Susanne. Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
    • Latzin, Philipp. Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, University Children's Hospital of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
    • Kadner, Alexander. Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
    • Carrel, Thierry. Division of Pediatric Cardiac surgery, University Hospital of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
    • Hutter, Damian. Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:316034
    Summary
    Cardiac fibromas are extremely rare in the general pediatric population and may present with a wide spectrum of clinical signs, including life-threatening arrhythmias and sudden death. We report a 14-month-old boy who presented with failure to thrive as the only symptom. Echocardiography showed a large cardiac fibroma in the right ventricle. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the diagnosis. After complete surgical tumor resection, the boy showed normal catch-up growth. This case underlines the diversity of clinical features of cardiac tumors, which implies that they should be considered early in the differential diagnosis of infants with failure to thrive