title: [Very large cardiac tumor revealed by ventricular arrhythmia in a 18-month-old infant].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servie de cardiologie pédiatrique, hôpital des Enfants, 330, avenue de Grande-Bretagne, 31059 Toulouse cedex 09, France. dulac.y@chu-toulouse.fr
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dulac
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Plat
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taktak
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bassil
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zabalawi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paranon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rumeau
authors.forename: M-O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Marcoux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Acar
mesh_terms: D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology*