A mass causing right ventricular outflow obstruction - a dreadful complication
Rev. bras. cir. cardiovasc; 34 (6), 2019
Publication year: 2019
Abstract The most common cardiac tumour in the pediatric age group is rhabdomyoma. These are usually located in the ventricles, either in the ventricular septum or free wall. Cardiac tumours in early infancy may lead to severely compromised blood flow due to inflow or outflow tract obstruction. The diagnosis of cardiac rhabdomyoma can be established by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Rhabdomyomas have a natural history of spontaneous regression; surgical intervention is reserved for patients with symptoms of severe obstruction or hemodynamic instability. In this study, a case of two-year old child who presented with failure to thrive and underwent excision of pedunculated mass from the right ventricular outflow tract was reported.
Ecocardiografía, Neoplasias Cardíacas/diagnóstico por imagen, Neoplasias Cardíacas/cirugía, Ventrículos Cardíacos/diagnóstico por imagen, Imagen por Resonancia Magnética, Rabdomioma/diagnóstico por imagen, Rabdomioma/cirugía, Obstrucción del Flujo Ventricular Externo/diagnóstico por imagen, Obstrucción del Flujo Ventricular Externo/cirugía