title: Cardiac rhabdomyomas in tuberous sclerosis patients: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Rhabdomyomas are the most common benign cardiac tumours. They are often associated with tuberous sclerosis and can be diagnosed antenatally and postnatally by echocardiography. Rhabdomyomas tend to regress spontaneously and are not usually operated upon, unless they become obstructive or cause severe arrhythmias. We describe the case of a child with tuberous sclerosis who was admitted for the resection of a subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, in whom cardiac rhabdomyomas in the right ventricular outflow tract were diagnosed. These two kinds of tumours are well known in the setting of tuberous sclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Unit, Department of Anaesthesiology, Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild, 25-29, rue Manin, 75940 Paris cedex 19, France. nbenyounes@fo-rothschild.fr
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Benyounes
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fohlen
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Devys
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Delalande
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Moures
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications*