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Surgical treatment of left ventricular fibroma in adult: case report and literature review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2020

Hao Ma
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing100037, China
Hansong Sun
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing100037, China
Yan Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing100037, China
Feng Lv
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing100037, China
Jun Ran*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing100037, China
*
Author for correspondence: J. Ran, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing100037, China. Tel: +86(10)88396565; Fax: +86(10)88396565. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

Cardiac fibroma is a rare benign primary tumour of the heart. In the paediatric population, it has been reported as the second most common benign cardiac tumour following rhabdomyoma. However, the prevalence of cardiac fibroma is rarely reported in the adult population. Signs and symptoms are nonspecific, including palpitations, cardiac murmur, arrhythmias, dyspnoea, cyanosis, chest pain, and sudden mortality, whereas, a number of patients with cardiac fibroma are asymptomatic. Surgical resection should be considered as the best option in symptomatic patients. This study reported four surgical cases of adults with cardiac fibroma arising from the left ventricle and a literature review regarding the clinical and pathological features, diagnostic modalities, therapeutic aspects, and prognosis of this rare entity.

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Original Article
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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