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Benign congenital cardiac tumor associated with a ‘malignant’ cardiac malformation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Andrew M. Davis ,
Meredith M. Silver  and
Robert M. Freedom
Andrew M. Davis
Affiliation:
From the Division of Cardiology, Department of PaediatricsThe Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto
Meredith M. Silver
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto
Robert M. Freedom*
Affiliation:
From the Division of Cardiology, Department of PaediatricsThe Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto Department of Pathology, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto
*
Dr. Robert M. Freedom, Director, Division of Cardiology, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, M5G 1X8, Ontario, Canada. Tel. 416-813-6132; Fax. 416-813-7547.
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Summary

We describe a multicystic tumor of the atrial septum associated with a fatal cardiac malformation. The tumor contained bronchogenic cysts and two types of vascular hamartomas. A complex form of double outlet right ventricle was present. We speculate that this tumor formed at a critical time in cardiac embryogenesis and contributed to the abnormal formation of the heart.

Keywords

Cardiac tumorbronchogenic cysthamartoma
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 84 - 87
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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