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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1995;38(2):275-279. Published online February 15, 1995.

A Case of Cardiac Tumor Associated with Tuberous Sclerosis in Newborn

Yong Myung YM Cho¹, Woo Seok WS Kim¹, Nam Soo NS Park¹, Un Jun UJ Hyoung¹, Eun Ryyoung ER Kim¹, Je Geun JG Chi²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Sung-Ae General Hospital, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Pathology, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Symptomatic primary heart tumors are rare in newborn. Cardiac rhabdomyoma is the most common lesion of the primary heart tumors and over half of them are related to kthe tuberous s clerosis. We described a case of cardiac rhabdomyoma, in a 2 day-old female newborn who presented with dyspnea and cyanosis. A 2D Echocardiogram demonstrated two masses; one is in the rt. ventricle and another is in the interventricular septum. Additional cardiac masses and cerebral tubers and subependymal giant cell astrocytoma were found at autopsy.

Keywords :Newborn, Tuberous sclerosis, Cardiac rhabdomyoma