Interventricular fibroma. Echocardiographic diagnosis and successful surgical removal in infancy.
A 7 month old infant underwent successful surgical removal of a huge interventricular septal fibroma. We believe this to be the youngest child to have undergone successful removal of such a lesion.
D004452:Echocardiography; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male