Surgical treatment for rhabdomyoma of the right atrium causing arrhythmias.
Rhabdomyomas of the heart occur as multiple lesions in 90% of patients so affected, and 80% of the patients die in the first year of life. A 21-month-old child presented with a large isolated right atrial rhabdomyoma causing a supraventricular tachyarrhythmia. Surgical excision cured the arrhythmia.
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*