Asymptomatic cardiac rhabdomyoma in neonates : is surgery indicated?

摘要

Neonatal Tuberose sclerosis complex may be associated with symptomaticudcardiac rhabdomyomas. Cardiac rhabdomyomas are the most commonudcardiac tumours. The symptoms include haemodynamic instability and lifeudthreatening arrhythmias usually requiring early surgical intervention. This article reports a case of a 32 week gestation newborn diagnosed with a rightudventricular outflow tract mass and subsequently diagnosed with tuberoseudsclerosis that needed early surgical intervention.