Kang Augustine, Wang Hanjay, Hiesinger William, Berry Gerald J, Boyd Jack H
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep. 2023 May 3;1(3):447-450. doi: 10.1016/j.atssr.2023.04.005. eCollection 2023 Sep.
Hamartomas of mature cardiac myocytes are a rare type of primary cardiac tumor, with only 5 cases of interventricular septal involvement reported to date. They are often challenging to diagnose, and there is currently no standardized approach to surgical resection. Here, we present a rare case of a large 6.0 × 4.4 × 3.8-cm interventricular septal hamartoma that manifested with cardiac cachexia in a teenage patient. Surgical biopsy was used after 4 attempts at endomyocardial biopsy were nondiagnostic, and partial debulking was performed as complete resection was not feasible.