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Perinatal intracardiac teratoma: unusual presentation and review of the literature
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 February 2019
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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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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