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Prenatal diagnosis and follow‐up of 23 cases of cardiac tumors
Author(s) -
NiewiadomskaJarosik Katarzyna,
Stańczyk Jerzy,
Janiak Katarzyna,
Jarosik Piotr,
Moll Jacek Jan,
Zamojska Justyna,
RespondekLiberska Maria
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/pd.2586
Subject(s) - tuberous sclerosis , medicine , rhabdomyoma , pericardial effusion , heart failure , prenatal diagnosis , cardiology , fetus , fetal echocardiography , pleural effusion , pregnancy , surgery , radiology , genetics , biology
Objective To evaluate the prenatal characteristics and postnatal outcome of cardiac tumors diagnosed at two prenatal Polish cardiology centers. Methods Descriptive analysis of 23 fetuses with cardiac tumors (12 multiple and 11 single) diagnosed over 16 years (from 1993 to 2009). Congestive heart failure was diagnosed when the cardiovascular profile score was seven or less. Results Associated structural congenital heart defects were present in three fetuses, extracardiac anomalies in three, and chromosomal anomalies in two. Congestive heart failure developed in five cases. Perinatal survival was not different between cases with and without cardiac failure (2/5 vs 12/18, p = 0.28). The main ultrasonographic signs observed prenatally in association with cardiac tumors were cardiomegaly, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, pericardial effusion, and hypokinesis. A diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis was eventually made in all 12 fetuses with multiple tumors. Perinatal death occurred in 4/11 cases with single tumors and in 5/12 with multiple tumors ( p = 0.57). Surgical resection of the tumor was performed in 3/11 neonates with single tumors (histopathologically: rhabdomyoma, teratoma, and fibroma) and in 2/12 with multiple tumors (both rhabdomyomas). Conclusions Survival is not different between neonates with single and multiple tumors and between those with and without congestive heart failure. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.