title: Disappearance of a cardiac rhabdomyoma complicating congenital mitral regurgitation as observed by serial two-dimensional echocardiography.
abstract: A cardiac tumor was diagnosed by two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography in a four-month-old infant who also had congenital mitral regurgitation. At 18 months of age, histological examination of a biopsy specimen of the cardiac tumor, obtained during surgery for mitral valve replacement, revealed a rhabdomyoma. In serial postoperative 2D echocardiograms, this tumor decreased in size until total disappearance after 6 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Miyazaki Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakati
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*