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Cardiac fibroma with cardiac arrest: a rare clinical presentation of Gorlin syndrome in an 8-month-old infant
  1. Mohammad Baidoun1,
  2. Mohamed Elgendy2 and
  3. James Loker2
  1. 1Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
  2. 2Department of Pediatrics, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Mohammad Baidoun; mohabaidoun{at}gmail.com

Abstract

Paediatric cardiac tumours are rare, often benign and carry associations with genetic conditions. Cardiac fibromas are mainly composed of fibroblast and connective tissue . They can lead to symptoms due to obstruction of blood flow or arrythmias. In this case, we report an 8-month-old girl child who presented to paediatric cardiology office for cardiac evaluation given a family history of Gorlin syndrome, also known as nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, found to have a large 4×4×6 cm fibroma in the apical lateral free wall of the left ventricle and later presented to the emergency department with cardiac arrest.

  • arrhythmias
  • cardiovascular medicine
  • genetic screening / counselling
  • cancer—see Oncology

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-241519

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors MB was involved in study design, conduct, data gathering and interpretation, writing the case and obtaining consent. ME was involved in study design, conduct, data gathering and interpretation, and writing the case. JL was involved in reporting and acquisition of data, conception and design, and supervision.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.