Fetal echocardiography gives a clue for the maternal diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis complex

Monika Pasieczna; Adam Koleśnik; Leszek Królicki; Marek Duczkowski; Monika Bekiesińska-Figatowska; Joanna Szymkiewicz-Dangel

doi:10.1002/jcu.22754

Fetal echocardiography gives a clue for the maternal diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis complex

J Clin Ultrasound. 2019 Nov;47(9):555-557. doi: 10.1002/jcu.22754. Epub 2019 Jul 11.

Authors

Monika Pasieczna¹, Adam Koleśnik², Leszek Królicki³, Marek Duczkowski⁴, Monika Bekiesińska-Figatowska⁴, Joanna Szymkiewicz-Dangel²

Affiliations

¹ 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland.
² Department of Perinatal Cardiology and Congenital Anomalies, The Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland.
³ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
⁴ Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland.

PMID: 31297820
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.22754

Abstract

The detection of multiple cardiac tumors during fetal echocardiography allowed us to make the diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis complex in the mother and establish the reason of her first epileptic seizures.

Keywords: epileptic seizures; fetal echocardiography; multiple cardiac tumors; rhabdomyomas; tuberous sclerosis complex.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Echocardiography / methods*
Female
Heart Neoplasms / complications*
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Pregnancy
Seizures / etiology
Tuberous Sclerosis / complications*
Tuberous Sclerosis / diagnostic imaging*
Ultrasonography, Prenatal / methods*
Young Adult