Intracardiac rhabdomyoma in a newborn with tuberous sclerosis

I Kadek Suarca
Ida Bagus Agung Winaya
I Komang Kari

Paediatrica Indonesiana
Vol 46 No 6 (2006): November 2006

Primary congenital cardiac tumors, especiallyintracardiac tumors, are rare in children.Rhabdomyoma is the most common oneand usually diagnosed in the first few days oflife. Referral from pediatric cardiac centers found thatthe incidence of cardiac tumors was 0.08%-0.20%.Rhabdomyoma represents 36%-42% in autopsy seriesand 79% in clinical series.