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Perinatal intracardiac teratoma: unusual presentation and review of the literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2019

Anne Moreau de Bellaing
Affiliation:
M3C-Necker, Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades, AP-HP, Paris, France Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
Lucile Houyel
Affiliation:
Hôpital Marie-Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France
Damien Bonnet
Affiliation:
M3C-Necker, Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades, AP-HP, Paris, France Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France

Abstract

Intracardiac teratomas are rare primary tumours. We report the case of an infant prenatally diagnosed with an isolated multi-cystic mass developed in the right ventricle causing neonatal refractory ventricular arrhythmia. Despite rescue extracorporeal support and partial surgical resection, he died as almost all the previous reported perinatal intracardiac teratomas whatever the prenatal tolerance and the size of the tumour. The common poor outcome of fetal intracardiac teratomas should be known when counselling parents during pregnancy.

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Brief Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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Footnotes

Cite this article: Moreau de Bellaing A, Houyel L, Bonnet D (2019). Perinatal intracardiac teratoma: unusual presentation and review of the literature. Cardiology in the Young29: 439–441. doi: 10.1017/S1047951118002354

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