A Rare Cardiac Tumor in Childhood
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A Rare Cardiac Tumor in Childhood

Med Bull Haseki 2017;55(3):229-231 DOI: 10.4274/haseki.02996
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Abstract

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.

Keywords: Child, cardiac tumor, myxoma, right ventricle