%0 Journal Article
%T Primary Cardiac Rhabdomyosarcoma in a Child¡ªA Case Report
%A Krishna Prasad Maram
%A Vikram Kudumula
%A Dilip Ratti
%A Sindhura Paturi
%J World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
%P 17-20
%@ 2164-3210
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/wjcs.2021.112003
%X Unlike benign primary cardiac tumors like rhabdomyomas and fibromas, <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">primary malignant tumors are extremely rare in children with very few cases reports in the literature so far. Rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare primary malignant tumor in children with most reported cases occurring in the right heart. We report a 15</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">month</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">old child with a primary rhabdomyosarcoma arising from the left ventricle and presenting with cardiac tamponade and circulatory failure. He underwent a diagnostic sternotomy and palliative chemotherapy but succumb to the disease later.</span>
%K Rhabdomyosarcoma
%K Pericardial Effusion
%K Sternotomy
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=107492