Postnatal growth of rhabdomyoma prior to tumor regression.

Abstract

We report a case of a 1-month-old infant with multiple intracardiac rhabdomyomas. In contrast to the known natural history of rhabdomyomas to show postnatal regression, this patient showed marked tumor progression prior to initiation of tumor regression at 10 months of age. In the absence of pronounced cardiovascular compromise, this finding should serve to encourage continued conservative management of rhabdomyomas despite tumor progression.

• Authors: Wendy Whiteside, Ziad Saba, Gregory Kurio
• Journal: Pediatric cardiology (Pediatr Cardiol) Vol. 31 Issue 4 Pg. 541-4 (May 2010) ISSN: 1432-1971 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 20047026 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aortic Valve (diagnostic imaging)
• Disease Progression
• Echocardiography
• Electrocardiography
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Heart Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging)
• Humans
• Infant, Newborn
• Mitral Valve (diagnostic imaging)
• Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous
• Neoplasms, Multiple Primary (diagnostic imaging)
• Papillary Muscles (diagnostic imaging)
• Pericardium (diagnostic imaging)
• Rhabdomyoma (diagnostic imaging)
• Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry (diagnostic imaging)