Medina-Andrade MA, López-Taylor J, Peña-Juárez RA, Ramírez-Cedillo D, Massini-Aguilera I, Jiménez-Fernández CA, Nuñez-Faña R

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ABSTRACT

Cardiac tumors are a rare pathology although fibromas are reported to be the second most frequent in the literature. Not much is described about their presentation and management. We present a case of a preschool age child with sudden onset of difficult-to-control ventricular tachycardia events, finding a cardiac fibroma as the cause of the event. Surgical excision was required as a treatment.

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