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Left ventricular giant rhabdomyoma in an infant with no tuberous sclerosis: accidental finding and complex management
Pier Paolo Bassareo1, Vassilios Fanos, Maria Cristina Tavera
1Department of Cardiovascular, University of Cagliari, Italy.
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
|November 4, 2010
Abstract:
The accidental finding of a giant left ventricular rhabdomyoma in a female infant with no tuberous sclerosis is described herein. This is the first report of a huge cardiac rhabdomyoma occluding the left ventricular cavity, which was not associated with tuberous sclerosis. The clinical management of the baby and the difficult therapeutical choices involved both pediatricians and pediatric cardiologists.