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Intracardiac rhabdomyomas in neonates: report of three cases
Author(s) -
Björkhem G,
Lundström NR,
Lingman G
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1992.tb12343.x
Subject(s) - tuberous sclerosis , medicine , intracardiac injection , rhabdomyoma , ultrasound , involution (esoterism) , heart neoplasms , pediatrics , radiology , surgery , politics , political science , law
Three cases of intracardiac rhabdomyomas in neonates are presented. All were diagnosed by ultrasound, one prenatally and two directly after birth. Two of the patients were operated on during the neonatal period. The operations were carried out on the ultrasound findings alone. One patient was considered inoperable and died at three weeks of age. The two surviving patients have no cardiac symptoms and involution of the tumors has taken place. Two of the three patients have shown signs of tuberous sclerosis.