Heart fibroma: an unusual cause of ventricular tachycardia in a child

Irma Kaminskaitė, Dalia Bakšienė, Migla Žėbienė, Jūratė Kasparavičienė

Department of Children Diseases, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania

Key words: ventricular tachycardia; cardiac tumors; children.

Summary. Ventricular tachycardia with underlying structural heart disease is a potential dangerous pathology in children. In most cases, ventricular tachycardia occurs after ventricular surgery for congenital anomalies. Ventricular tachycardia associated with primary heart tumors is extremely rare. A 4-year-boy presented with primary heart tumor, fibroma, manifesting as ventricular tachycardia. Manifestation of the disease was ventricular tachycardia. The complete resection of the tumor was performed successfully. The diagnosis was confirmed histologically.

Correspondence to I. Kaminskaitė, Department of Children Diseases, Kaunas University of Medicine, Eivenių 2, 50009 Kaunas, Lithuania. E-mail: irmakaminskaite@yahoo.com

Received 16 March 2007, accepted 7 June 2007