Cardiac rhabdomyoma with tuberous sclerosis - A case report

Kelekci S., Yazicioglu H., Yilmaz B., Aygun M., ÖMEROĞLU R. N.

JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE, vol.50, no.7, pp.550-552, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 50 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.550-552
  • Keywords: rhabdomyoma, tuberous sclerosis, cardiac neoplasms, magnetic resonance, CONGENITAL HEART-DISEASE, DIAGNOSIS, BIRTHS, TUMORS
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Rhabdomyomas are the most common benign cardiac neoplasms occurring in the fetus and neonate, with most of them identified within the first year of life. Cardiac rhabdomyomas are frequently associated with tuberous sclerosis.