PERICARDIAL-EFFUSION AND CARDIAC HEMANGIOMA IN THE NEONATE

In the absence of hydrops or sepsis, a pericardial effusion is a rare occurrence in the neonate. We report a case of a neonate with a perica rdial effusion in which there was an associated intracardiac hemangiom a. Our literature review found 32 cases of pericardial effusion withou t hydrops in infants under 3 months of age; twelve of these cases were associated with intracardiac and pericardial tumors; 20 others were d iscovered to be randomly associated with other problems.