title: Right atrial fibroma requiring emergent intervention in an 8-week-old infant.
abstract: Cardiac fibromas are extremely rare in children and typically do not involve the right atrium. We report the case of an 8-week-old infant with a right atrial fibroma who presented acutely in profound shock. Echocardiography revealed a large mass occupying the right atrium and obstructing flow through the tricuspid valve, prompting emergent surgical resection. To our knowledge, ours is the youngest patient to survive complete resection of a right atrial fibroma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sibley Heart Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. matthew.oster@choa.org
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oster
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kogon
authors.forename: Bahig
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shehata
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fyfe
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012769:Shock / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000503:physiopathology