title: Cardiac rhabdomyoma: a report of alternative strategies to surgical resection.
abstract: Cardiac rhabdomyoma represents the commonest primary cardiac tumour. Its natural history is generally favourable, with resolution in the majority of cases. Surgical resection has been described for intractable arrhythmia, severe obstruction of the inflow or outflow tracts sufficient to compromise cardiac output, and systemic embolization. We describe an alternative palliative strategy, which was associated with regression of the tumour.
authors.affiliation: Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston 77030, USA. cmcmahon@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Ayres
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Lewin
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007229:Infant Welfare; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*