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Cardiac Rhabdomyoma

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Cardiac rhabdomyoma

Definition

Rhabdomyoma is a primary benign cardiac tumor of the striated cardiac myocytes. These characteristic together with the absence of proliferative activity support the concept of a myocardial hamartoma rather than a true neoplasm.

Clinical Features

  • Incidence and Clinical Presentation

    Rhabdomyoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor in the pediatric population and is increasingly diagnosed prenatally in utero. There is a strong association with tuberous sclerosis since up to 86% of cardiac rhabdomyomas are reported in association with the disease and up to 60% of pediatric patients with tuberous sclerosis undergoing an echocardiographic examination present a cardiac rhabdomyoma. However, the true incidence of isolated rhabdomyomas remains unknown since rhabdomyomas are often asymptomatic and incidentally discovered during echocardiography performed for other reasons. Data coming from surgical series are also an underestimation since cardiac...

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References and Further Reading

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  1. Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy

    Cristina Basso & Stefania Rizzo

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  1. Cristina Basso
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  1. NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands

    J.H.J.M. van Krieken

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Basso, C., Rizzo, S. (2020). Cardiac Rhabdomyoma. In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_5361-1

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