Association between cardiac tumors and tuberous sclerosis in the fetus and neonate.
A retrospective review was performed in 94 patients with > or =1 cardiac tumors seen on prenatal or neonatal echocardiography at 5 major referral centers. Tuberous sclerosis was present in 68 patients diagnosed with a cardiac tumor in utero or during the neonatal period, including 61 of 64 with multiple tumors.
Tworetzky
Wayne
W
Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. wayne.tworetzky@cardio.chboston.org
McElhinney
Doff B
DB
Margossian
Rene
R
Moon-Grady
Anita J
AJ
Sallee
Denver
D
Goldmuntz
Elizabeth
E
van der Velde
Mary E
ME
Silverman
Norman H
NH
Allan
Lindsay D
LD
D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal