Obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract caused by a tuberculomain a patient with ventricular septal defect and aneurysm of the membranousseptum

Authors
Santos, CL Moraes, F Moraes, CR
Citation
Cl. Santos et al., Obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract caused by a tuberculomain a patient with ventricular septal defect and aneurysm of the membranousseptum, CARD YOUNG, 9(5), 1999, pp. 509-511
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
CARDIOLOGY IN THE YOUNG
ISSN journal
10479511 → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
509 - 511
Database
ISI
SICI code
1047-9511(199909)9:5<509:OOTRVO>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Reported here is an obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract caus ed by a tuberculoma in a 15-year-old boy who presented with a ventricular s eptal defect. The obstruction was discovered at surgery and the tuberculous aetiology was only demonstrated histologically. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a tuberculoma of the heart associated with con genital heart disease.