A Rare Cardiac Tumor in Childhood

A Rare Cardiac Tumor in Childhood

The prevalence of primary cardiac tumors has been reported to be between 0.19% and 0.0017%. Cardiac tumors are usually intracavitary lesions and more than 75% of them are benign. Myxomas are rare in childhood and constitute 10% of all pediatric cardiac tumors. Myxomas localized in the right ventricl...

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Published in:Haseki tıp bülteni Vol. 55; no. 3; pp. 229 - 231
Main Authors: Elevli, Murat, Şaşmazel, Ahmet, Çivilibal, Mahmut, Şahin, Musa, Amed, Chousen, Kılınç, Emine
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Istanbul Galenos Publishing House 01-09-2017
Galenos Yayinevi
Subjects:
cardiac tumor
Child
myxoma
Pediatrics
right ventricle
Tumors
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Summary:The prevalence of primary cardiac tumors has been reported to be between 0.19% and 0.0017%. Cardiac tumors are usually intracavitary lesions and more than 75% of them are benign. Myxomas are rare in childhood and constitute 10% of all pediatric cardiac tumors. Myxomas localized in the right ventricle are very rare in children. In this paper, we describe a 14-year-old boy with right ventricular myxoma.
ISSN:1302-0072
2147-2688
DOI:10.4274/haseki.02996