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Cardiac fibroma presenting as sudden death in a six-month-old infant
1Department of Histopathology, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad, W.I.
The West Indian Medical Journal
|March 1, 1997
Insights
Sudden death in infants can be caused by cardiac fibroma, a rare benign heart tumor. Autopsy revealed a large ventricular septum fibroma in a six-month-old infant, likely causing a fatal arrhythmia.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Pathology
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Oncology
Background:
- Cardiac fibroma is a rare, benign tumor typically affecting infants and children.
- These tumors predominantly arise in the heart's muscular walls.
Abstract:
Cardiac fibroma is a rare benign tumour which occurs predominantly in infancy and childhood. We present the case of a six-month-old female infant who died suddenly at home and was found at autopsy to have a large cardiac fibroma in the ventricular septum. The tumour was apparently asymptomatic although there was evidence of mild cardiac failure. Death was thought to be due to a fatal arrhythmia.