Cardiac rhabdomyoma presenting as fetal hydrops

Pediatr Cardiol. 1986;7(3):171-4. doi: 10.1007/BF02424993.

Abstract

Fetal hydrops and possible congenital heart disease with atrioventricular block was diagnosed one day before birth in a male infant of 35 weeks' gestation. Echocardiography and angiocardiography soon after birth revealed a cardiac tumor. The child died three days after birth. Necropsy showed tuberous sclerosis involving the heart (type-I rhabdomyoma), kidneys, retina, and central nervous system.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Edema / etiology*
  • Heart Atria / pathology
  • Heart Failure / complications*
  • Heart Failure / congenital
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Rhabdomyoma / pathology*
  • Tuberous Sclerosis / complications
  • Ultrasonography