Primary Cardiac Rhabdomyosarcoma in Childhood: Case Report

Primary, malignant cardiac tumors are extremely rare in childhood. These tumors are fibrosarcomas rhabdomyosarcomas, malignant teratomas and neurogenic sarcomas. The case of an ı ı -year-old boy with the elinical findings of cardiac tamponade is reported in whom a cardiac tumor was diagnosed by echocardiogram and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. The tumor proved to be rhabdomyosarcoma on histopathologic examination.