Multiple intracardiac tumors: spontaneous prenatal recovery of fetal bradyarrhythmia.
Although prenatally detected intracardiac tumors are reported to have a poor prognosis, tumor regression and even tumor disappearance have been observed during childhood. A case of prenatal cessation of fetal cardiac tumor growth and return of cardiac arrhythmia to normal sinus rhythm is presented.
Cha'ban
F K
FK
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Rotterdam Dijkzigt, Erasmus University, The Netherlands.
Cohen-Overbeek
T E
TE
Frohn-Mulder
I M
IM
Wladimiroff
J W
JW
D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal