Kaulitz Renate, Haen Susanne, Sieverding Ludger
Division Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine,Tuebingen University Children's Hospital,Germany.
Cardiol Young. 2015 Oct;25(7):1393-5. doi: 10.1017/S1047951114001929. Epub 2014 Oct 15.
Myxoma in neonatal life are extremely rare. We report a case of a neonate with a pedunculated cardiac tumour arising from the anterolateral left ventricular wall protruding across the left ventricular outflow tract and continuously extending into the distal aortic arch. Surgical removal at 14 days of age via combined transaortic approach and apical ventriculotomy was indicated because of the risk of further compromise of aortic valve function and aortic arch obstruction. Histopathologic examination was consistent with a myxoma.