A case of a newborn infant with an intracardiac tumor, detected in utero by fetal echocardiography at 30 weeks gestation, is presented. The prenatal evaluation by serial fetal echocardiograms and nonstress tests is described. In the perinatal period, ventricular tachycardia occurred and was successfully managed with antiarrhythmic medications. At 20 months of age, a right ventricular rhabdomyoma was removed at open heart surgery. The patient represents the earliest in utero detection of a fetal intracardiac tumor with successful postnatal outcome.
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