Right atrial fibroma requiring emergent intervention in an 8-week-old infant

Congenit Heart Dis. 2009 May-Jun;4(3):190-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2008.00232.x.

Abstract

Cardiac fibromas are extremely rare in children and typically do not involve the right atrium. We report the case of an 8-week-old infant with a right atrial fibroma who presented acutely in profound shock. Echocardiography revealed a large mass occupying the right atrium and obstructing flow through the tricuspid valve, prompting emergent surgical resection. To our knowledge, ours is the youngest patient to survive complete resection of a right atrial fibroma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Emergency Treatment
  • Fibroma / complications
  • Fibroma / diagnosis
  • Fibroma / physiopathology
  • Fibroma / surgery*
  • Heart Atria / surgery
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Heart Neoplasms / physiopathology
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / etiology
  • Heart Valve Diseases / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Shock / etiology
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tricuspid Valve / physiopathology