Giant cardiac fibroma: an unusual cause of failure to thrive.
Cardiac fibromas are extremely rare in the general pediatric population and may present with a wide spectrum of clinical signs, including life-threatening arrhythmias and sudden death. We report a 14-month-old boy who presented with failure to thrive as the only symptom. Echocardiography showed a large cardiac fibroma in the right ventricle. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the diagnosis. After complete surgical tumor resection, the boy showed normal catch-up growth. This case underlines the diversity of clinical features of cardiac tumors, which implies that they should be considered early in the differential diagnosis of infants with failure to thrive.
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital of Berne, Berne, Switzerland.
Susanne
S
Navarini
Philipp
P
Latzin
Alexander
A
Kadner
Thierry
T
Carrel
Damian
D
Hutter
D004452:Echocardiography; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000209:etiology*; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male