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. 2018 Sep 16;26(4):544-549.
doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2018.16147. eCollection 2018 Oct.

Rare operations in pediatric heart surgery: Cardiac tumors in childhood

Murat Koç  1 , Ali Kutsal  1
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Rare operations in pediatric heart surgery: Cardiac tumors in childhood

Murat Koç et al. Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Derg. .

Abstract

Background: In this study, we present our 12-year experience in the surgical treatment of primary cardiac tumors in childhood.

Methods: Thirteen pediatric patients (8 males, 5 females; mean age 1.3±1.9 years; range, 3 days to 6 years) who were operated for a primary cardiac tumor in our center between January 2005 and December 2017 were included in this study. The data were evaluated retrospectively based on our medical records.

Results: All of the masses resected were benign. However, the most common tumor was rhabdomyoma (n=7), followed by fibroma (n=3), myxoma (n=2), and pericardial teratoma (n=1). The mortality rate was 15.4%, as two patients died in the early postoperative period. No residual mass or tumor recurrence was observed in the early and late postoperative period in the remaining patients.

Conclusion: Although primary cardiac tumors in childhood are usually benign, they may cause clinically significant problems depending on the localization and size of the tumor. Surgical tumor excision is often associated with good long-term outcomes.

Keywords: Childhood; heart surgery; primary cardiac tumors.

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Conflict of Interest: The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Echocardiographic image of left ventricular mass. LV: Left ventricle.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Echocardiographic image of right ventricular mass. LV: Left ventricle; RA: Right atrium; LA: Left atrium.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Echocardiographic image of left atrial mass. LA: Left atrium.
Figure 4
Figure 4. Pericardial teratoma.
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Figure 5. Teratoma.
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Figure 6. Transaortic resection of left ventricular rhabdomyoma. LV: Left ventricular.
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