title: Cardiac rhabdomyoma in a neonate: application of serial echocardiography.
abstract: Primary cardiac neoplasms are rare. Rhabdomyoma is the most common benign congenital tumor found in infancy and has a tendency for spontaneous regression. We report a case of a cardiac rhabdomyoma in a symptomatic neonate in whom serial echocardiography was used for diagnosis and documentation of initial regression as early as 1 month.
authors.affiliation: Marian Cardiac Centre and Research Foundation, Pune, India. drmdurairaj@eth.net
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Durairaj
authors.forename: Kavita
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mangotra
authors.forename: Chandrashekhar N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Makhale
authors.forename: Rituparna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shinde
authors.forename: Ajit C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Archana S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Sathe
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*