An unusual case of a solitary cardiac myofibroma causing severe right ventricular outflow tract obstruction in an infant

Cardiol Young. 2021 Feb;31(2):297-299. doi: 10.1017/S1047951120003583. Epub 2020 Oct 26.

Abstract

Cardiac tumours are relatively uncommon, particularly in children. Myofibroma is an extremely rare variety of cardiac tumour, which nearly always arises in the context of infantile myofibromatosis. Herein, we present a case of a solitary cardiac myofibroma causing right ventricular outflow tract obstruction in a 2-month-old male infant.

Keywords: Solitary myofibroma; cardiac tumour; right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Heart Defects, Congenital*
  • Heart Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Heart Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Myofibroma* / complications
  • Myofibroma* / diagnosis
  • Myofibroma* / surgery
  • Myofibromatosis*
  • Skin Neoplasms*
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction* / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction* / etiology
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction* / surgery