Cardiac rhabdomyoma (case report) Kardiyak rabdomyom (olgu sunumu)
Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi Tip Dergisi, vol.22, no.1, pp.37-40, 2005 (Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 22 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2005
- Journal Name: Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi Tip Dergisi
- Journal Indexes: Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.37-40
- Keywords: Cardiac, Rhabdomyoma, Sudden death
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Cardiac rhabdomyomas usually present early in life with a variety of symptoms including sudden death. Although primary cardiac tumors are rare, rhabdomyomas are seen most frequently in infancy and childhood. We present a female infant, who was dead in a short time after the discovery of a mediastinally mass and discuss its clinical and histopathological characteristics in the light of literature.