Cardiac Juvenile Xanthogranuloma in an Infant Presenting with Pericardial Effusion
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Cardiac juvenile xanthogranuloma in an infant presenting with pericardial effusion.
Juvenile xanthogranuloma is a rare histiocytic disorder of childhood mainly affecting skin and rarely deep soft tissues and viscera. We report a 2-month-old infant who presented with respiratory distress secondary to a large pericardial effusion associated with an epicardial mass. Excisional biopsy was performed and the mass was diagnosed as juvenile xanthogranuloma. The child is well without e...
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عنوان ژورنال: Congenital Heart Disease
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1747-079X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2012.00688.x