JUNIPER PUBLISHERS - OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY & CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPY Abstract  Cardiac tumors can be benign or malignant. Primary  cardiac tumors are rare in paediatric practice with a prevalence of  0.0017 to 0.28 in autopsy series. In contrast, the incidence of cardiac  tumors during fetal life has been reported to be approximately 0.14%. We  are presenting a case of an infant born in good condition with three  intra-cardiac masses in which two of them attached to each other  adjacent to RVOT.                                          The Case    Baby of S.R. born at term 37 gestational weeks,  maternal age 32 years old, maternal screen for (HIV, HBV, Syph, GBS)  were negative. Fetal scanning showed intra-cardiac echogenic foci at the  level of AV junction. He born with good apgars 8/9/9 at 1/5/10 minutes.   On examination        He looks comfortable in himself, active, well  perfused, no distress, precordium looks normal. CVS: S1 normal +S2  splitted, can hear addition...
 
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