[Very large cardiac tumor revealed by ventricular arrhythmia in a 18-month-old infant].
Cardiac tumors are rare in childhood and can be revealed by arrhythmias. We report the observation of an 18-month-old infant who had an episode of ventricular tachycardia (VT) which resulted in a large intramyocardic tumour diagnosis evocating a left ventricular fibroma. A treatment by amiodarone allowed a stable reduction of the VT. The presence of an intracardiac obstruction or uncontrollable arrhythmias would lead to a surgical resection.
Dulac
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Servie de cardiologie pédiatrique, hôpital des Enfants, 330, avenue de Grande-Bretagne, 31059 Toulouse cedex 09, France. dulac.y@chu-toulouse.fr
Plat
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G
Taktak
A
A
Bassil
R
R
Zabalawi
A
A
Paranon
S
S
Rumeau
P
P
Marcoux
M-O
MO
Acar
P
P
D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology*