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  • Title: Cardiac rhabdomyoma.
    Author: Amonkar GP, Kandalkar BM, Balasubramanian M.
    Journal: Cardiovasc Pathol; 2009; 18(5):313-4. PubMed ID: 18417369.
    Abstract:
    Primary tumors of the heart are exceedingly rare with a prevalence rate of around 0.01% in autopsy studies. A majority of primary cardiac tumors are benign. Rhabdomyomas are the most common of benign pediatric cardiac tumors. A newborn female infant presented with perioral cyanosis and respiratory distress. She deteriorated progressively. The infant expired, and at autopsy, dissection of the heart revealed a large tumor mass in the interventricular septum. Histologically, the mass showed the classic "spider cells," and a diagnosis of cardiac rhabdomyoma of childhood was established.
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