title: Primary left ventricular rhabdomyosarcoma in a child: noninvasive assessment and successful resection of a rare tumor.
abstract: Rhabdomyosarcoma of the heart is a rare tumor, especially in childhood and particularly in the left ventricle. A primary tumor of this type was successfully resected after echocardiographic assessment alone in a young girl exposed prenatally to diphenylhydantoin. The patient is well and free of recurrence 2 1/2 years later.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D010672:Phenytoin / Q000009:adverse effects; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D010672:Phenytoin