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Asymptomatic cardiac rhabdomyoma in neonates: is surgery indicated?
B Etuwewe1, Cm John, M Abdelaziz
1Department of General Paediatrics, St Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust, Prescot, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom.
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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