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Infantile cardiac vascular tumour: from prenatal diagnosis to postnatal treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2014

Ting-Wei Lin
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Jieh-Neng Wang
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung UniversityTainan, Taiwan
Chung-Dann Kan*
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medical Device Innovation Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
*
Correspondence to: Dr C.-D. Kan, MD, PhD, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No. 138, Sheng-Li Road, Tainan City 70428, Taiwan. Tel: +886-6-235-3535 ext. 3497; Fax: +886-6-276-6676; E-mail: kcd56@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Abstract

Primary vascular tumour of the heart is rare, especially in neonates and infants. We report a male premature newborn with a right atrial tumour associated with a large amount of pericardial effusion detected by screening foetal echography. Diagnosis of capillary haemangioma was confirmed by histopathological examination after complete surgical resection. Other vascular tumours in the neonates and infants reported in the English literatures are reviewed, and one algorithm for both prenatal and postnatal management is proposed.

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© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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