HUGE SPORADIC AND COMPLEX CARDIAC RHABDOMYOMA WITH HYPOPLASTIC LEFT
VENTRICLE AND LEFT LUNG
Abstract
Cardiac rhabdomyomas are the most common fetal cardiac tumors and can be
diagnosed antenatally and postnatally by echocardiography. They are
usually asymptomatic and spontaneously regress within the first three
years of life and often associated with tuberous sclerosis (TS). The
prognosis of patients with rhabdomyomas is mostly determined by the size
and location of the lesion. Rhabdomyomas may cause hemodynamic
disturbances or arrhythmias due to obstructing the inflow or ventricular
outflow tracts or alter valve function, leading to poor prognosis.
Although it may regress spontaneously, surgical excision is usually
curative, especially in sporadic and single tumors. We report an unique
case of antenatally diagnosed as a huge cardiac rhabdomyoma accompanied
by hypoplastic left lung and left ventricle, mimicking significant
obstruction of the left ventricular and left atrial chamber. The patient
underwent urgent surgery, because of severe hemodynamic compromise on
the first day of life due to signs of severe obstruction of the left
ventricle and left atrium. The large, lobulated epicardial cardiac
rhabdomyoma located anterolateral and inferior aspect of the heart;
involved the whole left ventricle through the left atrium excised.