Primary Cardiac Rhabdomyosarcoma in a Child—A Case Report  

作　　者：Krishna Prasad Maram Vikram Kudumula Dilip Ratti Sindhura Paturi Krishna Prasad Maram;Vikram Kudumula;Dilip Ratti;Sindhura Paturi(Department of Pediatrics, Andhra Hospitals, Vijayawada, India;Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Andhra Hospitals, Vijayawada, India;Department of Pediatric Surgery, Andhra Hospitals, Vijayawada, India)

机构地区：[1]Department of Pediatrics, Andhra Hospitals, Vijayawada, India [2]Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Andhra Hospitals, Vijayawada, India [3]Department of Pediatric Surgery, Andhra Hospitals, Vijayawada, India

出　　处：《World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery》2021年第2期17-20,共4页心血管外科国际期刊（英文）

摘　　要：Unlike benign primary cardiac tumors like rhabdomyomas and fibromas, <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;">primary malignant tumors are extremely rare in children with very few cases reports in the literature so far. Rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare primary malignant tumor in children with most reported cases occurring in the right heart. We report a 15</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;">month</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;">old child with a primary rhabdomyosarcoma arising from the left ventricle and presenting with cardiac tamponade and circulatory failure. He underwent a diagnostic sternotomy and palliative chemotherapy but succumb to the disease later.</span>Unlike benign primary cardiac tumors like rhabdomyomas and fibromas, <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;">primary malignant tumors are extremely rare in children with very few cases reports in the literature so far. Rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare primary malignant tumor in children with most reported cases occurring in the right heart. We report a 15</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;">month</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;">old child with a primary rhabdomyosarcoma arising from the left ventricle and presenting with cardiac tamponade and circulatory failure. He underwent a diagnostic sternotomy and palliative chemotherapy but succumb to the disease later.</span>

关 键 词：RHABDOMYOSARCOMA Pericardial Effusion STERNOTOMY 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]