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This article reports 4 cases with cardiac rhabdomyomas diagnosed during intrauterine life. Echocardiographic follow-up at 9–30 months showed regression of the tumors in 3 cases (75%). Two cases (50%) developed tuberous sclerosis during that period. Fetal echocardiography promotes early diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis through prenatal detection of cardiac rhabdomyoma, and facilitates genetic counselling of families at risk
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Das, B.B., Sharma, J. Cardiac rhabdomyoma and tuberous sclerosis: Prenatal diagnosis and follow-up. Indian J Pediatr 70, 87–89 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02722750
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