Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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ISSN: 2155-9880
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ISSN: 2155-9880
+44 1300 500008
Annagrazia Cecere
Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO),
Italy
Case Report
Giant Cardiac Fibroma in a Completely Asymptomatic Teenager
Author(s): Francesco Bartolomucci, Annagrazia Cecere, Eliano Pio Navarese, Fortunato Iacovelli, Alessandro Cafaro, Marco Matteo Ciccone and Martino PepeFrancesco Bartolomucci, Annagrazia Cecere, Eliano Pio Navarese, Fortunato Iacovelli, Alessandro Cafaro, Marco Matteo Ciccone and Martino Pepe
We report the case of a 19 years old “healthy” and asymptomatic patient accessing the Emergency Room after a car accident trauma. A routine electrocardiogram documented an intraventricular conduction disturbance. The subsequent transthoracic echocardiogram showed the presence of a voluminous heterogeneous intracardiac mass (10 × 10 × 8 cm), localized in the medium-apical cavity of the right ventricle and extended to the outflow tract. A mass debulking intervention was performed and the intraoperative biopsy samples allowed the diagnosis of cardiac fibroma. Because of dimension, intracardiac infiltration and relations, radical surgery was not an option; the patient was candidate for heart transplantation. This unique case highlights the questionable classification of cardiac fibromas as benign and the possibility of a delayed di.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-9880.1000469