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GUTIERREZ A, Rafael et al. Fibroma cardíaco en un neonato. Rev. costarric. cardiol [online]. 2005, vol.7, n.1, pp.47-49. ISSN 1409-4142.

A 26 days old baby was admitted with cyanosis and respiratory difficulty from birth. An echocardiogram demonstrated an intracardiac tumor originating from the free wall of the left ventricle and mild pericardial effusion. He underwent surgery but the tumor was found to be unresectable, nevertheless he did fine after surgery and was discharged. The pathological diagnosis was cardiac fibroma. The mortality for large cardiac fibroma is high, an early diagnosis and tumor resection is mandatory to relieve the symptoms and to avoid fatal consequences. There are multiple surgical approaches for this entity that range from taking a biopsy to tumor resection, either total or partial or even cardiac transplantation.

Palavras-chave : Cardiac tumor; fibrome; surgery.