Cardiac rhabdomyoma in infancy. A case report.
We describe a case of rhabdomyoma of the heart in a newborn infant and present an overview of current knowledge about the natural history of these lesions, with implications for management. This is the only case of its kind seen at this hospital.
Coard
K
K
Department of Pathology, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica. kcoard@cwjamaica.com
Williams
M
M
Hanchard
B
B
Dorah
N
N
Antoine
M
M
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal