title: Cardiac fibroma with tumor involvement of the mitral valve: diagnosis by cross-sectional echocardiography.
abstract: The clinical, cross-sectional echocardiographic, haemodynamic, and angiographic features of a case of cardiac fibroma in a newborn with unexplained pulmonary hypertension, and direct tumor involvement of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, are presented. The role of echocardiography in the pre-operative evaluation of cardiac tumors is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kutayli
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Malouf
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Slim
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mufarrij
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hatem
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008943:Mitral Valve