An Intracardiac Mass in a Pregnant Woman Presenting With Ventricular Tachycardia

Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jun;101(6):2388-90. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.08.087.

Abstract

A pregnant patient presented with symptomatic ventricular tachycardia. Echocardiography revealed a large intramyocardial mass. Surgical resection was attempted in conjunction with cryoablation of the surrounding myocardial tissue. Histologic examination of the resected mass revealed cardiac neurofibroma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of cardiac neurofibroma in a pregnant patient in the absence of any neurocutaneous syndromes such as neurofibromatosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Calcinosis / complications
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / chemistry
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neurofibroma / chemistry
  • Neurofibroma / diagnosis*
  • Neurofibroma / diagnostic imaging
  • Neurofibroma / surgery
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / etiology*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / diagnosis*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / diagnostic imaging
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / surgery
  • S100 Proteins / analysis
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • S100 Proteins