Cardiac rhabdomyomata as a marker for the antenatal detection of tuberous sclerosis.
We report the echocardiographic identification of cardiac tumours in antenatal life in a pregnancy where the father was known to have tuberous sclerosis. This allowed termination of an affected pregnancy in the second trimester.
D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005621:Friedreich Ataxia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis