SavedAdd your journal

Journals / The European Research Journal / 2026 / Volume: 4 Issue: 1

Surgical excision of a giant cardiac fibroma in an asymptomatic child

Serkan Seçici(Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Bursa)0000-0003-3988-8169
Fahrettin Uysal(Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Uludağ University School of Medicine, Bursa)
Volkan Yazıcıoğlu(Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Uludağ University School of Medicine, Bursa)
Özlem Mehtap Bostan(Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Uludağ University School of Medicine, Bursa)
İşık Şenkaya Sığnak(Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Uludağ University School of Medicine, Bursa)
Pages
—
Publication Date
2018-01-04
🏛️Bibliographic metadata and full text access for this article are provided via DergiPark.
DergiPark Record ↗
✨

AI Summary & Key Takeaways

AI Insight
⚡ TL;DR(Too Long; Didn't Read)

We report a case of successful surgical excision of a giant cardiac fibroma in an asymptomatic child.

📌 3 Key Takeaways

🎯
Objective & Hypothesis:Cardiac fibroma is a rare primary tumor of the heart.
📊
Key Findings & Data:Patients can be asymptomatic or present with palpitations, cardiac murmur, syncope, arrhythmias, symptoms of congestive heart failure, or sudden death.
💡
Conclusion & Impact:We report a case of successful surgical excision of a giant cardiac fibroma in an asymptomatic child.
🔬Design:Case Report
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Cardiac fibroma · surgery · cardiopulmonary bypass

Abstract

Cardiac fibroma is a rare primary tumor of the heart. Patients can be asymptomatic or present with palpitations, cardiac murmur, syncope, arrhythmias, symptoms of congestive heart failure, or sudden death. We report a case of successful surgical excision of a giant cardiac fibroma in an asymptomatic child.

🔖

Cite This Article

Seçici, S., Uysal, F., Yazıcıoğlu, V., Bostan, Ö. M., Sığnak, İ. Ş. (2018). Surgical excision of a giant cardiac fibroma in an asymptomatic child. The European Research Journal, Volume: 4 Issue: 1. https://doi.org/10.18621/eurj.342533

📄 Full Text PDF Viewer

📄

PDF görüntüleyici hazırlanıyor...

References (6)

  1. Kusajima K, Hata H, Fujita T, Shimahara Y, Sato S, Ishibashi-Ueda H, et al. Successful surgical treatment for recurrent cardiac fibroma 21 years after resection. Surg Case Rep 2015;1:41.
  2. Yong MS, Brink J, Zimmet AD. Right ventricular reconstruction after resection of cardiac fibroma. J Card Surg 2015;30:640-2.
  3. Toktaş F, Yavuz Ş, Özsin KK, Sanrı US, Türk T, Göncü MT. Cardiac myxomas: an analysis of 39 patients. Eur Res J 2017;3:227-33.
  4. Yan XG, Jia B, Zhu BX, Hu XH. Successful resection of a primary cardiac fibroma in a neonate: report of a case. Surg Today 2014;44:1768-70.
  5. Jha NK, Kiraly L, Tamas C, Talo H, Khan MD, El Badaoui H, et al. Large cardiac fibroma and teratoma in children - case reports. J Cardiothorac Surg 2015;10:38.
  6. Sakamoto S, Shibata M, Murata H, Nitta T. Intraoperative cardiac mapping in the treatment of an infant congenital fibroma. Ann Thorac Surg 2015;99:1064-6.