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Cardiac venous malformation in a teenager

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2019

John T. Kennedy III
Affiliation:
College of Medicine, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, 6850 Lake Nona Blvd, Orlando, FL 32827, USA
Peter D. Wearden
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Services, Nemours Children’s Hospital, 13535 Nemours Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32827, USA
Jennifer S. Nelson*
Affiliation:
College of Medicine, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, 6850 Lake Nona Blvd, Orlando, FL 32827, USA Department of Cardiovascular Services, Nemours Children’s Hospital, 13535 Nemours Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32827, USA
*
Author for correspondence: Jennifer S. Nelson, Nemours Children’s Hospital, 13535 Nemours Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32827. Tel: (407)567-4303; Fax: (407)650-7061; E-mail: Jennifer.nelson@nemours.org

Abstract

We present the case of a 17-year-old boy with a cardiac venous malformation. This case highlights the diagnostic challenges of such tumours and demonstrates the potential efficacy of a watch-and-wait management approach.

Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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