Surgical treatment of rare benign right ventricular tumors in infants: two case reports
Published 2023-06-30
Keywords
- Case Report,
- Hamartoma,
- Heart Neoplasms,
- Infant,
- Rhabdomyoma
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Copyright (c) 2023 Kuatbekov K.N., Enin E.A., Egizekov A.L., Mishin A.V., Sarsembayeva A.A.

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Abstract
Objective: To describe rare clinical and morphological forms of right ventricular neoplasms (mesenchymal hamartoma, rhabdomyoma) in infants which required surgical treatment in infancy.
Methods: We performed 2 radical operations to remove right ventricular neoplasms: neonatal mesenchymal hamartoma and infantile rhabdomyoma.
Results: We confirmed the effectiveness of surgery for rhabdomyoma and mesenchymal hamartoma in infants based on an 11-year postoperative follow-up period. We followed a necessary search strategy to detect tuberous sclerosis complex often associated with rhabdomyoma.
Conclusion: Surgical treatment of rare right ventricular neoplasms in infants demonstrated favorable long-term results.
Received 29 December 2022. Revised 22 February 2023. Accepted 27 March 2023.
Informed consent: The patients' mothers informed consent to use the records for medical purposes is obtained.
Funding: The study did not have sponsorship.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Contribution of the authors
Literature review: E.A. Enin, A.V. Mishin
Drafting the article: A.V. Mishin
Critical revision of the article: K.N. Kuatbekov, E.A. Enin, A.L. Egizekov, A.A. Sarsembayeva
Surgical treatment: K.N. Kuatbekov, A.V. Mishin
Final approval of the version to be published: K.N. Kuatbekov, E.A. Enin, A.L. Egizekov, A.V. Mishin, A.A. Sarsembayeva
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