rhabdomyoma/dyspnea

BACKGROUND Cardiac rhabdomyoma is a very common benign tumor in infants and children. It can be confused clinically with a malignant tumor. METHODS A 6-year-old girl was admitted with a chief complaint of breathlessness. Chest roentgenography revealed cardiomegaly. Echocardiography showed a right

We describe a 9-year-old boy who presented with dyspnea and with a neck mass which was initially described as a thyroid nodule. At the end of the diagnostic-therapeutic research this mass was finally diagnosed as an adult rhabdomyoma originating from the mediastinum. This is an extremely rare tumor

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and imaging features of patients with cardiac rhabdomyomas associated with tuberous sclerosis complex. METHODS The clinical and imaging characteristics of seven patients with cardiac rhabdomyomas associated with tuberous sclerosis complex

Cardiac tumors in infants and children are extremely rare. Their clinical manifestations vary widely from asymptomatic presentations to life-threatening cardiac events. Improvements in diagnostic techniques, such as those offered by echocardiography, have made early detection of cardiac masses

Primary cardiac neoplasms are rare and are usually benign myxomas and rhabdomyomas. Cardiac leiomyomas are usually seen as a part of the spectrum of intravenous leiomyomatosis or benign metastasizing leiomyoma. De novo occurrence of primary intracardiac leiomyomas (PICL) is a rarity. Herein we

BACKGROUND The advancement of noninvasive imaging methods has resulted in the increase in diagnosis of heart neoplasms. However, the literature has few studies involving primary cardiac neoplasms in children. OBJECTIVE To retrospectively review cases of primary heart neoplasms in children,

BACKGROUND An analysis of primary cardiac tumors in the English-speaking Caribbean has never been previously conducted. This paper is an attempt to fill this void. METHODS A retrospective review of autopsy and surgical pathology records of the Department of Pathology at the University Hospital of

OBJECTIVE Primary cardiac tumors are rare neoplasms in humans, of which the most common is the atrial Myxoma. The objective of this study was to find the incidence of these tumors at the Heart Center of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. METHODS This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board

Benign cardiac tumors are rare and fibroma is second to rhabdomyoma in frequency in pediatric cardiac tumors. We report a case of a 14-year-old male patient, who presented with shortness of breath for 2 years. Echocardiogram and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging indicated a large mass located in

Objectives: In recent years, cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging has emerged as an important tool in the identification and characterization of cardiac masses. No imaging data on cardiac masses are available from Pakistan. We aimed

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal-dominant neurocutaneous disease with high phenotypic variability. The incidence is approximately one in 5000-10,000 births. TSC is characterized by widespread hamartomas and benign or rarely malignant neoplasms affecting various organs, most commonly

The aim of this study was to investigate the pathological classifications, clinical features, and natural history of pediatric cardiac tumors to provide a basis for the selection of an appropriate therapeutic method. The medical records of in- or outpatients with cardiac tumors at four hospitals