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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Veröffentlicht in:	Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2001-02, Vol.18 (2), p.171-173
Hauptverfasser:	Marcì, Marcello, Ziino, Ottavio, D'Angelo, Paolo, Miranda, Giuseppe, Pappone, Carlo, Battaglia, Antonino
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	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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Zusammenfassung:	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