Primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor: An unusual cause of right ventricular intracavitary obstruction in a child

A six-year-old boy presented with a brief history suggestive of right heart failure. Investigations revealed a mass filling almost the entire right ventricle. Palliative resection of the mass was done. The operative specimen revealed a primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the heart, the first...

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Autores principales: Thachil, Ajit, Saxena, Anita, Choudhary, Ujjwal K., Ray, Ruma
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2840754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20300260
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.43884
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author Thachil, Ajit
Saxena, Anita
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Ray, Ruma
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description A six-year-old boy presented with a brief history suggestive of right heart failure. Investigations revealed a mass filling almost the entire right ventricle. Palliative resection of the mass was done. The operative specimen revealed a primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the heart, the first of its kind reported in the pediatric age group.
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spelling pubmed-28407542010-03-18 Primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor: An unusual cause of right ventricular intracavitary obstruction in a child Thachil, Ajit Saxena, Anita Choudhary, Ujjwal K. Ray, Ruma Ann Pediatr Cardiol Case Report A six-year-old boy presented with a brief history suggestive of right heart failure. Investigations revealed a mass filling almost the entire right ventricle. Palliative resection of the mass was done. The operative specimen revealed a primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the heart, the first of its kind reported in the pediatric age group. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC2840754/ /pubmed/20300260 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.43884 Text en © Annals of Pediatric Cardiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Thachil, Ajit
Saxena, Anita
Choudhary, Ujjwal K.
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Primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor: An unusual cause of right ventricular intracavitary obstruction in a child
title Primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor: An unusual cause of right ventricular intracavitary obstruction in a child
title_full Primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor: An unusual cause of right ventricular intracavitary obstruction in a child
title_fullStr Primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor: An unusual cause of right ventricular intracavitary obstruction in a child
title_full_unstemmed Primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor: An unusual cause of right ventricular intracavitary obstruction in a child
title_short Primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor: An unusual cause of right ventricular intracavitary obstruction in a child
title_sort primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor: an unusual cause of right ventricular intracavitary obstruction in a child
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2840754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20300260
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.43884
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