Abstract

Primary cardiac tumors despite the potential for more frequent recognition with the advent of echocardiography are rare. The incidence of cardiac tumors ranges from 0.0017% to 0.28% in the general population. Primary cardiac tumors are much less common than metastatic tumors of the heart; and of the primary cardiac tumors, over 75% are benign, 3 of which are made up of myxomas, rhabdomyomas and fibromas. The most common primary sites are the lung, breast and cutaneous melanoma. The common malignant tumors are rhabdomyosarcoma and angiosarcoma.

Key words: Tumors, children, myxomas, rhabdomyomas, fibroma, lipoma.