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Cardiac rhabdomyoma presenting as infective endocarditis: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2014

Nawal Azhari ,
Manal Hakim  and
Ghaith Barefah
Nawal Azhari*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Maternity and Children Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Manal Hakim
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Maternity and Children Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ghaith Barefah
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Maternity and Children Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
*
Correspondence to: Dr N. Azhari, Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Maternity and Children Hospital, PO Box 13877, Jeddah, 21414, Saudi Arabia. Tel: +00 966 12 6673818; Fax: +00 966 12 6653517; E-mail: nazhari @ gmail.com
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Abstract

We report a case of cardiac rhabdomyomas in an infant who presented with right ventricular tachycardia, and a clinical picture of infective endocarditis. Typical features of tuberous sclerosis developed subsequently. To the best of our knowledge, cardiac rhabdomyoma has not been reported previously in association with infective endocarditis.

Keywords

Rhabdomyomainfective endocarditistuberous sclerosis
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , March 2015 , pp. 557 - 559
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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