Cardiac fibroma presenting as sudden death in a six-month-old infant.
Cardiac fibroma is a rare benign tumour which occurs predominantly in infancy and childhood. We present the case of a six-month-old female infant who died suddenly at home and was found at autopsy to have a large cardiac fibroma in the ventricular septum. The tumour was apparently asymptomatic although there was evidence of mild cardiac failure. Death was thought to be due to a fatal arrhythmia.
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Department of Histopathology, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad, W.I.
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D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant