Key result
Surgically excised primary pediatric cardiac tumors are ~94% benign, most frequently presenting as myxomas.
Population
16 paediatric patients with primary cardiac tumours presenting to a tertiary centre over a 16-year period
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Histopathology remains essential for characterisation; leaves open generalisability beyond this small northern Indian series.
Observational (n=16)
No
In a northern Indian paediatric population, benign primary cardiac tumours, particularly myxomas, are significantly more common than malignant ones, highlighting the importance of histopathological examination for exact characterisation.
Kumar et al. (2014) conducted an observational in Primary cardiac tumours (n=16). Primary cardiac tumours was evaluated on Histopathological diagnosis and subtyping. Among 16 surgically excised primary paediatric cardiac tumours, 93.75% were benign, with myxoma being the most frequent subtype (13 cases), and only one case was malignant.
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