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Cardiac tumors in both twins – A case report of a rare occurrence

Cardiac tumors in neonates and infancy are one among the many known congenital cardiac diseases. Although fetal cardiac tumors are rare, there is increased detection because of expertise in echocadiographic examination. Rhabdomyomas are the most common cardiac tumors among infants and children. Here...

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Autores principales: Babu, NM Sharath, Behera, Dibyaranjan, Alex, Anoop George, Varghese, Lijo, George, Oommen K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7437622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32863661
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/apc.APC_98_19
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Sumario:Cardiac tumors in neonates and infancy are one among the many known congenital cardiac diseases. Although fetal cardiac tumors are rare, there is increased detection because of expertise in echocadiographic examination. Rhabdomyomas are the most common cardiac tumors among infants and children. Here, we describe twin neonates who had multiple cardiac tumors. This kind of presentation appears to be a very rare situation.