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Cardiac tumor in Gorlin syndrome

Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome

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A cardiac fibroma in a newborn is reported. The infant had skeletal stigmata of Gorlin's syndrome and the mother had known Gorlin's syndrome.

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  1. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 South Kingshighway Boulevard, 63110, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    T. E. Herman M. D., M. J. Siegel & W. H. McAlister

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Herman, T.E., Siegel, M.J. & McAlister, W.H. Cardiac tumor in Gorlin syndrome. Pediatr Radiol 21, 234–235 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02011059

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