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2015•The Medical-Surgical JournalOpen access

TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS –PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIAC RHABDOMYOMA – CASE REPORT

Alina-Costina Luca, Andreea-Simona Holoc, Anca Elena Albu, Cristina Marina Iordache

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Primary cardiac tumors are rare in medical practice, with a prevalence of 0.0017-0.28% in autopsy examinations. In intrauterine life, the incidence of cardiac tumors has been reported to be of approximately 0.14%. Rhamdomyoma is the most frequent tumor formation during fetal period and childhood, accounting for 70% of all primary tumors in the fetus, neonate and infant. Diagnosing heart rhabdomyomas occurs most often by accident during fetal morphology at 22 weeks. We will present a case of a newborn diagnosed with fetal echocardiography in the 23 week of gestation having multiple cardiac tumors.

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Primary cardiac tumors are rare in medical practice, with a prevalence of 0.0017-0.28% in autopsy examinations. In intrauterine life, the incidence of cardiac tumors has been reported to be of approximately 0.14%. Rhamdomyoma is the most frequent tumor formation during fetal period and childhood, accounting for 70% of all primary tumors in the fetus, neonate and infant. Diagnosing heart rhabdomyomas occurs most often by accident during fetal morphology at 22 weeks. We will present a case of a newborn diagnosed with fetal echocardiography in the 23 week of gestation having multiple cardiac tumors.

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Primary cardiac tumors are rare in medical practice, with a prevalence of 0.0017-0.28% in autopsy examinations. In intrauterine life, the incidence of cardiac tumors has been reported to be of approximately 0.14%. Rhamdomyoma is the most frequent tumor formation during fetal period and childhood, accounting for 70% of all primary tumors in the fetus, neonate and infant. Diagnosing heart rhabdomyomas occurs most often by accident during fetal morphology at 22 weeks. We will present a case of a newborn diagnosed with fetal echocardiography in the 23 week of gestation having multiple cardiac tumors.

Key concepts: Tuberous sclerosis, Rhabdomyoma, Medicine, Autopsy, Fetus, Cardiac Tumors, Incidence (geometry), Fetal echocardiography

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