At just 24 weeks of gestation, Tucker Roussin underwent fetal surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to treat a life-threatening tumor connected to his heart. Now, he is a healthy 3-year-old preschooler, the hospital reported today.
Intrapericardial teratoma is a rare, rapidly growing tumor that can be detected while the child is in utero. The tumor is lethal if untreated. The traditional strategy to deal with them is to drain pericardial fluid and to remove the tumor surgically following delivery. But rapid prenatal growth of the tumor puts a dangerous amount of pressure on the heart and can lead to poor fetal circulation and death.
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