Cardiac Fibroma of the Ventricular Septum: A case report.
- Author:
Byung Tae PARK
;
Se Jin JANG
;
Moon Hyang PARK
;
Jung Dal LEE
;
Hyo Jin LEE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Heart;
Cardiac fibroma;
Primary cardiac tumor
- From:Korean Journal of Pathology
1991;25(1):37-41
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This is an autopsy case of a 6 month old girl who suddenly died of respiratory distress during sleep. She had suffered from mild but frequent episodes of common cold and was treated for eczema for several days. At autopsy, the heart was enlarged and weighed 100 gm. A firm and gray-white tumor, measuring 4.5 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm, was located in the interventricular septum and encroached upon the wall of left ventricle. The mass was well demarcated but was not encapsulated. Neither necrosis nor calcification was present. Microscopically the tumor was composed of haphazardly arranged bundles of collagen fibers and fibroblasts. Myocardial cells are intermingled with the fibroblasts at the margin of the tumor. Massive edema of the lung and congestion of the liver and spleen were pronounced.
