Primary benign cardiac tumors
Last revised by Ashesh Ishwarlal Ranchod on 1 Jul 2023
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Gaillard F, Ranchod A, Bell D, et al. Primary benign cardiac tumors. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Mar 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-9032
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- Primary benign cardiac tumors
- Benign cardiac tumours (primary)
- Benign cardiac tumors (primary)
- Cardiac tumours (benign)
- Cardiac tumors (benign)
- Primary benign tumours of the heart
- Primary benign cardiac tumors of the heart
Primary benign cardiac tumors are much less common than secondary metastatic deposits. However, they are more likely when a cardiac mass is seen outside of the setting of terminal metastatic disease. Tumors include 1,2:
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cardiac myxoma
- most common in adults
- accounts for ~50% of all primary benign tumors 1,2
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cardiac rhabdomyoma
- most common in children
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cardiac papillary fibroelastoma
- considered the second most common 10
- cardiac fibroma
- hemangioma of the heart
- cardiac lipoma
- cardiac paraganglioma
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References
- 1. Schoepf UJ. CT of the Heart: Principles and Applications. Humana P.,U.S. ISBN:1592598188. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
- 2. Grebenc ML, Rosado De Christenson ML, Burke AP et-al. Primary cardiac and pericardial neoplasms: radiologic-pathologic correlation. Radiographics. 2000;20 (4): 1073-103. Radiographics (full text) - Pubmed citation
- 3. van Werkum MH, Swaans MJ, van Es HW et-al. Case 190: papillary fibroelastoma of the pulmonary valve. Radiology. 2013;266 (2): 680-4. doi:10.1148/radiol.12110495 - Pubmed citation
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