Cardiac rhabdomyoma associated with tuberosclerosis complex in a newborn
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Cardiac rhabdomyomas are
the most comman cardiac tumors in children. They are hamartomatous benign
tumors composed of myocytes. They often presents as multiple lesions involving
the ventricular cavities. Rhabdomyomas are usually detected in utero by fetal
echocardiography. Although patients with cardiac rhabdomyomas are generally
asymptomatic these tumors may cause heart failure, severe arrhyhmias and sudden
death. Cardiac rhabdomyomas are often associated with tuberosclerosis and they may be the
earliest manifestation of
tuberosclerosis. Here, we report a newborn infant with
antenatally detected cardiac
rhabdomyomas associated with
tuberosclerosis and we want to emphasize that other diagnostic features of
tuberosclerosis should be evaluated in patients with cardiac
rhabdomyomas.
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Kaynakça
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