Surgical removal of a rhabdomyoma in a neonate as rescue therapy

C Schreiber; M Vogt; M Kostolny; T Günther; R Lange

doi:10.1007/s00246-005-1067-4

Surgical removal of a rhabdomyoma in a neonate as rescue therapy

Pediatr Cardiol. 2006 Jan-Feb;27(1):140-141. doi: 10.1007/s00246-005-1067-4.

Authors

C Schreiber¹, M Vogt², M Kostolny³, T Günther³, R Lange³

Affiliations

¹ Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, German Heart Center of Munich at the Technical University, Lazarettstrasse 36, Munich, 80636, Germany. schreiber@dhm.mhn.de.
² Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Center of Munich at the Technical University, Lazarettstrasse 36, Munich, 80636, Germany.
³ Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, German Heart Center of Munich at the Technical University, Lazarettstrasse 36, Munich, 80636, Germany.

PMID: 16235014
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-005-1067-4

Abstract

Primary cardiac and mediastinal tumors are rare at all ages. We report on a rescue therapy in a neonate due to a severely obstructed left ventricular outflow tract.

Publication types

Case Reports
Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Emergencies*
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
Heart Septum / diagnostic imaging
Heart Septum / surgery*
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles / surgery*
Humans
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnostic imaging
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery*
Rhabdomyoma / diagnostic imaging
Rhabdomyoma / surgery*
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / surgery*