A triad: cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma, stroke and tamponade.
The case report describes a 9-year-old boy who presented with an acute cerebrovascular accident and was found to have cardiac tamponade caused by cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma. Symptoms of rhabdomyosarcoma can be indolent and nonspecific, even with metastatic disease. Echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging are explored as adjuncts to diagnosis. The radiologic features that helped with the diagnosis of this rare condition are described.
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. tazeen314@hotmail.com
Tazeen
T
Ashraf
Thomas George
TG
Day
Jan
J
Marek
Marina
M
Hughes
Alessandro
A
Giardini
D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005682:Gadolinium; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D018570:Risk Assessment; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
D005682:Gadolinium