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Rhabdomyoma on the heart of fetus
I have been diagonised with rhabdomyoma at 32 weeks of pregnancy, its not effecting baby's heart functionality.. Wats the percentage of chance of getting tuberous sclerosis in baby.
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The chances of tuberous sclerosis in your child is very low. The risk is a bit higher if you or husband has been diagnosed with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.
Anyways... Most of the cases of Tuberous Sclerosis are spontaneous, which means that faulty gene does not get transferred by parents, but is rather a spontaneous mutation in patient's self.
But a small percentage does get inherited.
However, presence of isolated rhabdomyoma in either of the parents without the Tuberous Sclerosis Complex ( your case) is not associated with
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Dr. C P Ravi Kumar
Pediatric Neurologist
26 yrs exp
Bangalore
Congratulations on your pregnancy
Cardiac Rhabdomyoma rarely affects cardiac function
Regarding percentage; difficult to answer your question. Instead what we know is more than 50% of children with TA have Cardiac Rhabomyoma.
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Undertaking a antenatal test to confirm TS will help in making an informed decision.
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