[The spontaneous regression of a rhabdomyoma of the right ventricle]

Rev Esp Cardiol. 1991 Mar;44(3):203-6.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Rhabdomyoma is the most common intracardiac tumor in the newborn. The diagnosis is made by the clinical history and the physical examination, the electrocardiogram, chest X-ray, and the echocardiographic data. It has a poor prognosis, 80% dying in the first year of life because congestive heart failure or sudden death. Rarely, spontaneous regression has been described. We present the case of a newborn diagnosed of tuberous sclerosis, with an echocardiographic image of a rhabdomyoma in the right ventricle with a spontaneous total regression of the tumor 2 years later.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Rhabdomyoma / diagnosis*
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberous Sclerosis / diagnosis