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Left Ventricular Cardiac Fibroma in a Child Presenting with Ventricular Tachycardia

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Cardiac tumors in children are rare. Although most are histologically benign, they can be associated with life-threatening arrhythmias and sudden death. We report a 7-year-old boy, with a first episode of symptomatic tachycardia, who was found to have a left ventricular (LV) fibroma. He had a normal echocardiogram prior to an electrophysiology study, which revealed a sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia and a radio-opacity near the LV apex. These findings prompted a cardiac MRI, which demonstrated a discrete mass on his LV apex and free wall. Our case emphasizes that structural heart disease should be aggressively pursued in children presenting with ventricular tachycardia.

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  1. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1211 22nd Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37232-0002, USA

    Stacy Stratemann, Yvette Dzurik, Frank Fish & David Parra

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Stratemann, S., Dzurik, Y., Fish, F. et al. Left Ventricular Cardiac Fibroma in a Child Presenting with Ventricular Tachycardia. Pediatr Cardiol 29, 223–226 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-007-9083-1

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