Primary benign cardiac tumors

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

See also

• primary cardiac tumors