Orthotopic heart transplant: a therapeutic option for unresectable cardiac fibroma in infants.
Primary cardiac tumors are rare lesions in childhood, with the two most common being rhabdomyoma and fibroma. We report two infants who successfully underwent orthotopic heart transplant for massive interventricular septal cardiac fibromas. For unresectable infantile cardiac fibroma, orthotopic heart transplant may be considered a therapeutic option.
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201-2119, USA. dkobayas@dmc.org
Daisuke
D
Kobayashi
Thomas J
TJ
L'Ecuyer
Sanjeev
S
Aggarwal
D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant