World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volume 11, Issue 2 (February 2021)

ISSN Print: 2164-3202   ISSN Online: 2164-3210

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Primary Cardiac Rhabdomyosarcoma in a Child—A Case Report

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DOI: 10.4236/wjcs.2021.112003    425 Downloads   1,801 Views  Citations

ABSTRACT

Unlike benign primary cardiac tumors like rhabdomyomas and fibromas, primary malignant tumors are extremely rare in children with very few cases reports in the literature so far. Rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare primary malignant tumor in children with most reported cases occurring in the right heart. We report a 15-month-old child with a primary rhabdomyosarcoma arising from the left ventricle and presenting with cardiac tamponade and circulatory failure. He underwent a diagnostic sternotomy and palliative chemotherapy but succumb to the disease later.

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Maram, K. , Kudumula, V. , Ratti, D. and Paturi, S. (2021) Primary Cardiac Rhabdomyosarcoma in a Child—A Case Report. World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 11, 17-20. doi: 10.4236/wjcs.2021.112003.

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