[Tuberous sclerosis and cardiac tumor (case report)]

Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 2003 Dec;52(6):386-8. doi: 10.1016/s0003-3928(02)00191-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report the case of a cardiac tumor, which is found in a systematic cardiac examination of an 11 year old girl who had a tuberous sclerosis. The interest of this observation is to show the importance of a general examination, especially cardiac, within this pathology. Tuberous sclerosis is an hereditary disease, associated with rhabdomyomas in 50% of cases or more. Cardiac rhabdomyomas are frequently multiple and detected in utero in some cases. Conversely, 60% of these tumors are seen in a context of tuberous sclerosis. Rhabdomyomas are the most common cardiac tumors of infants and children, the large majority occurring in patients younger than one year and are diagnosed more and more in foetal echocardiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Rhabdomyoma / complications
  • Rhabdomyoma / diagnosis*
  • Tuberous Sclerosis / complications*