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DOI :10.5222/j.child.2014.160   IUP :10.5222/j.child.2014.160    Full Text (PDF)

A Case with Cardiac Fibroma Presenting with Ventricular Tachycardia and Long-Term Follow-up

Serra Karaca, Özge Umur, Gafur Doğdu, Kemal Nişli, Rukiye Eker Ömeroğlu, Oğuz Bülent Erol, Aygün Dindar

Primer cardiac tumors are rare in childhood. Seventy percent of all cardiac tumors are rhabdomyomas, followed by teratomas, hemangiomas and fibromas. Cardiac tumors can cause chest pain, dyspnea, syncope and arrhythmias dependent on their location. Cardiac fibromas generally persist, rarely spontaneous regression of cardiac fibromas has been reported. This article presents a case of symptomatic cardiac fibroma presented with ventricular tachycardia and her long term follow. Echocardiography revealed a cardiac tumor measuring 7x3 cm in size and extending from apical segment of the interventricular septum. The features of tumor was verified with cardiac MRI, and histopathological examination revealed a cardiac fibroma. Because of the size and localisation of the tumor, only surgical biopsy could be done. The patient was followed with antiarrhythmic treatment and spontaneous resolution of the arrhythmia was documented in the long-term follow up.

Keywords: Arrhytmia, fibroma, echocardiography
DOI :10.5222/j.child.2014.160   IUP :10.5222/j.child.2014.160    Full Text (PDF)

Ventriküler Taşikardi ile Başvuran Bir Kardiyak Fibroma Vakası ve Uzun Dönem İzlemi

Serra Karaca, Özge Umur, Gafur Doğdu, Kemal Nişli, Rukiye Eker Ömeroğlu, Oğuz Bülent Erol, Aygün Dindar

Çocuklarda primer kardiyak tümörler ender görülür. Primer tümörlerin % 70’ini rabdomiyomlar oluşturur. Daha sonra teratoma, fibroma ve hemangioma gelir. Kardiyak tümörler, obstrüksiyona bağlı göğüs ağrısı, nefes dalığı ve senkop gibi bulgulara ve yerleşim yerine bağlı olarak da aritmilere neden olabilmektedir. Kardiyak fibromalar genellikle sabit hâlde kalır, ancak ender olarak spontan regresyonlar bildirilmiştir. Bu makalede ventriküler taşikardi ile semptomatik olan bir kardiyak fibroma vakası ve uzun dönem izlemi sunulmaktadır. Vakanın ekokardiografik incelmesinde interventriküler septum apikal bölgeden başlayan 7x3 cm boyutlarında kardiyak tümör saptanmıştır. Kardiyak MRI ile tümör boyut ve yerleşimi doğrulanmış, histopatolojik inceleme kardiak fibroma ile uyumlu bulunmuştur. Vakamızda cerrahi eksizyon lokalizasyon ve tümör boyutu nedeni ile uygulanamayıp, zorunlu olarak antiaritmik tedavi altında izlenmiştir ve zaman içinde aritminin spontan rezolüsyonu izlenmiştir.

Keywords: Aritmi, fibroma, eko

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Karaca, S., Umur, Ö., Doğdu, G., Nişli, K., Eker Ömeroğlu, R., Erol, O.B., & Dindar, A. (2014). A Case with Cardiac Fibroma Presenting with Ventricular Tachycardia and Long-Term Follow-up. Journal of Child, 14(4), 160-164. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.160


AMA

Karaca S, Umur Ö, Doğdu G, Nişli K, Eker Ömeroğlu R, Erol O B, Dindar A. A Case with Cardiac Fibroma Presenting with Ventricular Tachycardia and Long-Term Follow-up. Journal of Child. 2014;14(4):160-164. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.160


ABNT

Karaca, S.; Umur, Ö.; Doğdu, G.; Nişli, K.; Eker Ömeroğlu, R.; Erol, O.B.; Dindar, A. A Case with Cardiac Fibroma Presenting with Ventricular Tachycardia and Long-Term Follow-up. Journal of Child, [Publisher Location], v. 14, n. 4, p. 160-164, 2014.


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Karaca, Serra, and Özge Umur and Gafur Doğdu and Kemal Nişli and Rukiye Eker Ömeroğlu and Oğuz Bülent Erol and Aygün Dindar. 2014. “A Case with Cardiac Fibroma Presenting with Ventricular Tachycardia and Long-Term Follow-up.” Journal of Child 14, no. 4: 160-164. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.160


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Karaca, Serra, and Özge Umur and Gafur Doğdu and Kemal Nişli and Rukiye Eker Ömeroğlu and Oğuz Bülent Erol and Aygün Dindar. “A Case with Cardiac Fibroma Presenting with Ventricular Tachycardia and Long-Term Follow-up.” Journal of Child 14, no. 4 (Aug. 2025): 160-164. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.160


Harvard: Australian Style

Karaca, S & Umur, Ö & Doğdu, G & Nişli, K & Eker Ömeroğlu, R & Erol, OB & Dindar, A 2014, 'A Case with Cardiac Fibroma Presenting with Ventricular Tachycardia and Long-Term Follow-up', Journal of Child, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 160-164, viewed 29 Aug. 2025, https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.160


Harvard: Author-Date Style

Karaca, S. and Umur, Ö. and Doğdu, G. and Nişli, K. and Eker Ömeroğlu, R. and Erol, O.B. and Dindar, A. (2014) ‘A Case with Cardiac Fibroma Presenting with Ventricular Tachycardia and Long-Term Follow-up’, Journal of Child, 14(4), pp. 160-164. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.160 (29 Aug. 2025).


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Karaca, Serra, and Özge Umur and Gafur Doğdu and Kemal Nişli and Rukiye Eker Ömeroğlu and Oğuz Bülent Erol and Aygün Dindar. “A Case with Cardiac Fibroma Presenting with Ventricular Tachycardia and Long-Term Follow-up.” Journal of Child, vol. 14, no. 4, 2014, pp. 160-164. [Database Container], https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.160


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Karaca S, Umur Ö, Doğdu G, Nişli K, Eker Ömeroğlu R, Erol OB, Dindar A. A Case with Cardiac Fibroma Presenting with Ventricular Tachycardia and Long-Term Follow-up. Journal of Child [Internet]. 29 Aug. 2025 [cited 29 Aug. 2025];14(4):160-164. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.160 doi: 10.5222/j.child.2014.160


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Karaca, Serra - Umur, Özge - Doğdu, Gafur - Nişli, Kemal - Eker Ömeroğlu, Rukiye - Erol, OğuzBülent - Dindar, Aygün. “A Case with Cardiac Fibroma Presenting with Ventricular Tachycardia and Long-Term Follow-up”. Journal of Child 14/4 (Aug. 2025): 160-164. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.160



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