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 23 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-9032

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-9032

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9032

Article created:

14 Mar 2010, Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈

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Last revised:

1 Jul 2023, Ashesh Ishwarlal Ranchod ◉

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Systems:

Cardiac, Oncology

Tags:

heart, cardiology, oncology, cases

Synonyms:

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:

cardiac myxoma
- most common in adults
- accounts for ~50% of all primary benign tumors ^1,2
cardiac rhabdomyoma
- most common in children
cardiac papillary fibroelastoma
- considered the second most common ¹⁰
cardiac fibroma
hemangioma of the heart
cardiac lipoma
cardiac paraganglioma

Primary benign cardiac tumors

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