Hamner L H, Kaye M F, Weingold A B
George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC.
Obstet Gynecol. 1989 Mar;73(3 Pt 2):477-81.
Fetal intracardiac tumors are rare but, when present, are a common cause of poor or uninterpretable fetal heart tracings due to fetal arrhythmias. The most frequently encountered tumor, the rhabdomyoma, is associated with tuberous sclerosis. We present a case demonstrating this difficulty of fetal monitoring in a fetus with an arrhythmia later found to be due to multicentric intracardiac rhabdomyomas. The appropriate evaluation and management of such fetal heart tracings are discussed.
