Spontaneous regression of cardiac rhabdomyoma in tuberous sclerosis.
Life-threatening cardiac rhabdomyoma in a newborn infant regressed spontaneously within a 5 month period. Since cardiac surgery for rhabdomyoma is dangerous in infancy, medical management should be considered if symptomatology is not severe. When a fetal arrhythmia is diagnosed, antenatal ultrasound examination for presence of cardiac tumors is warranted.
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Department of Pediatrics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048.
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Lin
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Fink
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Pomerance
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D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D014463:Ultrasonography