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An Intracardiac Mass in a Pregnant Woman Presenting With Ventricular Tachycardia.

Authors :
Alimi H
Samiei N
Madadi S
Zare A
Azizian N
Chitsazan M
Mozaffari K
Yousefnia MA
Kashfi F
Source :
The Annals of thoracic surgery [Ann Thorac Surg] 2016 Jun; Vol. 101 (6), pp. 2388-90.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

A pregnant patient presented with symptomatic ventricular tachycardia. Echocardiography revealed a large intramyocardial mass. Surgical resection was attempted in conjunction with cryoablation of the surrounding myocardial tissue. Histologic examination of the resected mass revealed cardiac neurofibroma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of cardiac neurofibroma in a pregnant patient in the absence of any neurocutaneous syndromes such as neurofibromatosis.<br /> (Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1552-6259
Volume :
101
Issue :
6
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
The Annals of thoracic surgery
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
27211956
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.08.087