title: Successful surgical excision of a large left ventricular fibroma in a child.
abstract: Primary cardiac tumours in children are rare. Despite the majority of these tumours being benign, they may cause blood flow obstruction, ventricular dysfunction, and life-threatening arrhythmias. We present a case of a 4-year-old boy with repeated presyncope episodes in whom we found a large left ventricular fibroma. Our case emphasises that surgical resection is safely feasible even with large fibromas, avoiding cardiac transplantation in childhood.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Coimbra, Portugal. marta.antonio@gmail.com
authors: Marta T
authors: MT
authors: António
authors: Andrew J
authors: AJ
authors: Powell
authors: Pedro J
authors: PJ
authors: del Nido
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012074:Remission Induction