Primary benign cardiac tumors
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Primary benign cardiac tumours 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. Tumours include 1,2:
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cardiac myxoma
- most common in adults
- accounts for ~50% of all primary benign tumours 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
- haemangioma of the heart
- cardiac lipoma
- cardiac paraganglioma
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-<p><strong>Primary benign cardiac tumours</strong> 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. Tumours include <sup>1,2</sup>:</p><ul>-<li>-<a href="/articles/cardiac-myxoma">cardiac myxoma</a><ul>-<li>most common in adults</li>-<li>accounts for ~50% of all primary benign tumours <sup>1,2</sup>-</li>-</ul>-</li>-<li>-<a href="/articles/cardiac-rhabdomyoma">cardiac rhabdomyoma</a><ul><li>most common in children</li></ul>-</li>-<li>-<a href="/articles/cardiac-papillary-fibroelastoma">cardiac papillary fibroelastoma</a><ul><li>considered the second most common <sup>10</sup>-</li></ul>-</li>-<li><a href="/articles/cardiac-fibroma">cardiac fibroma</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/haemangioma-of-the-heart">haemangioma of the heart</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/cardiac-lipoma">cardiac lipoma </a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/cardiac-paraganglioma">cardiac paraganglioma</a></li>- +<p><strong>Primary benign cardiac tumours</strong> 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. Tumours include <sup>1,2</sup>:</p><ul>
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- +<a href="/articles/cardiac-myxoma">cardiac myxoma</a><ul>
- +<li>most common in adults</li>
- +<li>accounts for ~50% of all primary benign tumours <sup>1,2</sup>
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- +<a href="/articles/cardiac-rhabdomyoma">cardiac rhabdomyoma</a><ul><li>most common in children</li></ul>
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- +<a href="/articles/cardiac-papillary-fibroelastoma">cardiac papillary fibroelastoma</a><ul><li>considered the second most common <sup>10</sup>
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- +<li><a href="/articles/cardiac-fibroma">cardiac fibroma</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/haemangioma-of-the-heart">haemangioma of the heart</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/cardiac-lipoma">cardiac lipoma </a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/cardiac-paraganglioma">cardiac paraganglioma</a></li>
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