title: Primary intramural fibroma of the left ventricle with a late apparent symptomatology.
abstract: We report a case of a 13-year-old girl who was admitted to the emergency department with syncope. She had been diagnosed in infancy with a large intramural fibroma of the left ventricle, but had been free of any clinical symptoms during the last decade. The patient underwent a thorough and detailed clinical and imaging study. We discuss the contribution of new non-invasive imaging modalities to the diagnosis of primary cardiac tumours and focus on the dilemmas of the paediatrician concerning the management of cardiac fibromas.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Cardiology Diagnostic Laboratory, 4th Paediatric Department, AHEPA Hospital, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece. varlamisgeorge@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Georgios S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Varlamis
authors.forename: Zacharias
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chalemis
authors.forename: Afroditi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haritandi
authors.forename: Leonidas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gerakaris
authors.forename: Nicolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fotiades
authors.forename: Vassilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vassilicos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology; D014463:Ultrasonography