Asymptomatic cardiac rhabdomyoma in neonates: is surgery indicated?

BACKGROUND: Neonatal Tuberose sclerosis complex may be associated with symptomatic cardiac rhabdomyomas. Cardiac rhabdomyomas are the most common cardiac tumours. The symptoms include haemodynamic instability and life threatening arrhythmias usually requiring early surgical intervention. RESULTS: We...

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Autores principales: Etuwewe, B, John, CM, Abdelaziz, M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3232602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22368553
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description BACKGROUND: Neonatal Tuberose sclerosis complex may be associated with symptomatic cardiac rhabdomyomas. Cardiac rhabdomyomas are the most common cardiac tumours. The symptoms include haemodynamic instability and life threatening arrhythmias usually requiring early surgical intervention. RESULTS: We report a case of a 32 week gestation newborn diagnosed with a right ventricular outflow tract mass and subsequently diagnosed with tuberose sclerosis that needed early surgical intervention. CONCLUSION: While this case needed early intervention, the need for surgical intervention in otherwise asymptomatic cases is debatable as neonatal cardiac rhabdomyomas can spontaneously regress.
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spelling pubmed-32326022012-02-22 Asymptomatic cardiac rhabdomyoma in neonates: is surgery indicated? Etuwewe, B John, CM Abdelaziz, M Images Paediatr Cardiol Original Article BACKGROUND: Neonatal Tuberose sclerosis complex may be associated with symptomatic cardiac rhabdomyomas. Cardiac rhabdomyomas are the most common cardiac tumours. The symptoms include haemodynamic instability and life threatening arrhythmias usually requiring early surgical intervention. RESULTS: We report a case of a 32 week gestation newborn diagnosed with a right ventricular outflow tract mass and subsequently diagnosed with tuberose sclerosis that needed early surgical intervention. CONCLUSION: While this case needed early intervention, the need for surgical intervention in otherwise asymptomatic cases is debatable as neonatal cardiac rhabdomyomas can spontaneously regress. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC3232602/ /pubmed/22368553 Text en Copyright: © Images in Paediatric Cardiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Asymptomatic cardiac rhabdomyoma in neonates: is surgery indicated?
title Asymptomatic cardiac rhabdomyoma in neonates: is surgery indicated?
title_full Asymptomatic cardiac rhabdomyoma in neonates: is surgery indicated?
title_fullStr Asymptomatic cardiac rhabdomyoma in neonates: is surgery indicated?
title_full_unstemmed Asymptomatic cardiac rhabdomyoma in neonates: is surgery indicated?
title_short Asymptomatic cardiac rhabdomyoma in neonates: is surgery indicated?
title_sort asymptomatic cardiac rhabdomyoma in neonates: is surgery indicated?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3232602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22368553
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