We describe successful surgical resection of an intrapericardial rhabdomyosarcoma, which was accomplished with the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass, in a three-year-old girl. The patient completed adjuvant chemoradiotherapy and has no evidence of disease at one-year follow-up.
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