Infantile Cardiac Rhabdomyoma–Pearls Inside the Heart
Prem Krishna Anandan *
Resident in Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Basavaraj Baligar
Resident in Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
J. S. Patel
Resident in Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Prabhavathi Bhatt
Resident in Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Cholenahally Nanjappa Manjunath
Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
C. Dhanalakshmi
Department of Echocardiography, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Cardiac rhabdomyoma is the most common primary pediatric tumor of the heart. We report a 1-month old male infant who presented to our institute for routine cardiac evaluation since he was diagnosed to have a cardiac mass in the right ventricle (RV) in utero. After he was born, an echocardiogram showed two large cardiac masses occupying entire RV cavity and origin of right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT). Although our patient was asymptomatic, surgical removal of these two masses was done due to its proximity to RVOT and also because it was almost obliterating the entire RV cavity.
Keywords: Cardiac tumor, rhabdomyoma, right ventricular mass