A rare case of cardiac tumor in a child.
Pediatric cardiac tumors are rare and usually benign. An infectious etiology like tuberculosis invading myocardium and presenting as infiltrative mass is extremely rare. We present a case of a 15 month old girl with clinical feature of cardiac failure who had infiltrative multiple myocardial masses in echocardiogram. Advanced cardiac imaging by Cardiac Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) helped in tissue delineation. Therapeutic trial of anti-tubercular drugs in view clinical suspicion of Tuberculosis resulted in complete remission of symptom and disappearance of the cardiac mass.
Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Child Health, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Mallar
M
Mukharjee
Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Child Health, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Jigna N
JN
Bathia
Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Child Health, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Apurba
A
Ghosh
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Medica Superspecialty Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Anil Kumar
AK
Singhi
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; cardiac tumor in children; myocardial tuberculosis