Ultrasound diagnosis of an obstructive cardiac rhabdomyoma with severe hydrops and hypoplastic lungs. A case report.
Cardiac rhabdomyomas of the fetus and neonate are benign cardiac muscle hamartomas with an incidence of 0.027% in pediatric autopsies. This is the third reported case of prenatally diagnosed cardiac rhabdomyoma, the second with severe hydrops and the only one associated with aortic valve hypoplasia and hypoplastic lungs.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emanuel Hospital and Health Center, Portland, Oregon 97227.
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D000328:Adult; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal