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

Prashant K MinochaFei ChenJoseph J MaleszewskiAchiau LudomirskyRalph MoscaT K Susheel Kumar
Published in: Cardiology in the young (2020)
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.
Keyphrases
  • left ventricular
  • young adults
  • heart failure
  • early onset
  • atrial fibrillation
  • rare case