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Successful resection of a primary cardiac fibroma in a neonate: report of a case

Authors: Xian-Gang Yan, Bing Jia, Bing-Xue Zhu, Xi-Hong Hu

Published in: Surgery Today | Issue 9/2014

Abstract

During the fetal-neonatal period, a primary cardiac tumor may be completely asymptomatic and such tumors may be incidentally discovered by echocardiography. A four-hour-old male was diagnosed to have a cardiac tumor by post-natal echocardiography and was observed closely. Surgery was indicated immediately at the 3 week follow-up examination when the tumor was found to have obstructed the right ventricle outflow. The tumor was resected successfully and its histopathology indicated that it was a fibroma. Follow-up echocardiograms and magnetic resonance imaging 5 months postoperatively demonstrated no evidence of any remaining tumor and his RV function was good.

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Title: Successful resection of a primary cardiac fibroma in a neonate: report of a case
Authors: Xian-Gang Yan
Bing Jia
Bing-Xue Zhu
Xi-Hong Hu
Publication date: 01-09-2014
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: Surgery Today / Issue 9/2014
Print ISSN: 0941-1291
Electronic ISSN: 1436-2813
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-013-0614-5

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