Surgical repair in neonatal life of cardiac haemangiomas diagnosed prenatally.
Although cardiac tumours are rare, such tumours are increasingly being diagnosed with increasing frequency and great accuracy by antenatal ultrasound. Cardiac haemangiomas account for less than one-twentieth of all primary cardiac tumours, with most being diagnosed in the neonatal period. We report 3 instances of successful neonatal resection of cardiac haemangioma subsequent to prenatal diagnosis. Such diagnosis is important in perinatal management, since early surgical intervention provides a good prognosis.
The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, the Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA. jsharma@jhmc.org
Jayendra
J
Sharma
Yasutaka
Y
Hirata
Ralph S
RS
Mosca
D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D055815:Young Adult