title: Imaging of ventricular septal tumor in an asymptomatic adolescent using multiple modalities.
abstract: Primary cardiac tumors are rare at all ages, and especially so in childhood, where the most prevalent type of benign cardiac masses are rhabdomyomas followed by fibromas, both of which have a predilection for ventricular septum. We report an unusual case of a tumor involving the ventricular septum in an asymptomatic 17-year-old adolescent who has been known to have this tumor for 10 years. The use of multiple imaging included myocardial contrast two-dimensional echocardiography, real time three-dimensional echocardiography (with and without myocardial contrast), and magnetic resonance imaging supported the diagnosis of cardiac rhabdomyoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. drhcpasha@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mohammed A R
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Chamsi-Pasha
authors.forename: Ashraf M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Anwar
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Al-Nasser
authors.forename: Youssef F M
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Nosir
authors.forename: Aref
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ajam
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chamsi-Pasha
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D014463:Ultrasonography; D055815:Young Adult