title: Neonatal aortic arch obstruction due to pedunculated left ventricular foetal myxoma.
abstract: Myxoma in neonatal life are extremely rare. We report a case of a neonate with a pedunculated cardiac tumour arising from the anterolateral left ventricular wall protruding across the left ventricular outflow tract and continuously extending into the distal aortic arch. Surgical removal at 14 days of age via combined transaortic approach and apical ventriculotomy was indicated because of the risk of further compromise of aortic valve function and aortic arch obstruction. Histopathologic examination was consistent with a myxoma.
authors.affiliation: Division Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine,Tuebingen University Children's Hospital,Germany.
authors.forename: Renate
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaulitz
authors.affiliation: Division Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine,Tuebingen University Children's Hospital,Germany.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haen
authors.affiliation: Division Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine,Tuebingen University Children's Hospital,Germany.
authors.forename: Ludger
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sieverding
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Myxoma; cardiac tumour; foetal studies; left ventricular outflow tract obstruction