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Transl Pediatr
December 2024
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Pediatrics and Gynecology, Verona, Italy.
Background: Fulminant myocarditis (FM) is a potentially lethal disease with a wide spectrum of clinical presentation, thus making the diagnosis hard to depict. In cases where acute circulatory failure occurs venoarterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support is a valid management strategy, especially in the pediatric and adult patients. This study aims to report the results of VA ECMO for FM in our Institution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
February 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Radiology & Endovascular Interventions, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India.
We report a case of a 14-year-old girl with complex congenital heart disease where computed tomography (CT) angiography demonstrated a giant aneurysm of the right inferior pulmonary vein, in the absence of any downstream obstruction. The case highlights the developmental aspects of this rare anomaly in addition to the role of CT angiography in anatomical depiction of structures which are difficult to visualize on transthoracic echocardiography.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJACC Case Rep
December 2024
Medical and Surgical unit of Congenital and Paediatric Cardiology, Reference Centre for Complex Congenital Heart Defects-M3C, University Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France.
Cardiac fibroma is the second most common childhood cardiac tumor. Coronary arteries are typically unaffected. A 5-month-old infant received a diagnosis of giant cardiac fibroma with coronary involvement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Dermatol
January 2025
Department of Dermato-Oncology/Dermatology, NHO Kagoshima Medical Center, Kagoshima, Japan.
Childs Nerv Syst
January 2025
Department of Global Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada.
Background: A giant encephalocele associated with Chiari malformation is a rare congenital anomaly from a cephalad neural tube defect. Early prenatal diagnosis and parental counseling are essential; as early surgical intervention can improve outcomes.
Methods: Between 2010 and 2023, twenty-seven newborns out of 43,815 delivered at our institution were diagnosed with encephaloceles, including seven cases of giant encephalocele associated with Chiari malformation type III.
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