Cardiac Tumours : A Clinico-Pathological Analysis of 112 Cases in a Tertiary Heart Care Centre

Objective: Cardiac tumours are rare amongst which 80 % are myxomas. Cardiac myxomas are the most common benign cardiac tumors having endocardial origin. The study was conducted among 112 patients clinically diagnosed as cardiac myxomas in a tertiary care centre among the south Indian population to analyse the clinical, radiological and pathological findings which aid in better diagmosis.Methods: Clinical presentation, Echocardiographic and radiological findings with histopathological analysis of 112 cardiac tumour cases were done and reviewed retrospectively.Results: Among 112 patients, 42 were males and 70 females presenting with an average age at diagnosis ranging from 58 to 65 years. Breathlessness was the most common presenting feature. Cardiac myxoma was the most common tumour found among the patients presented with cardiac mass. Myxomas were commonly located in the left atrium followed second by the right atrium with 1 being biatrial in location. 6 cases were recurrent in nature.in this study.Conclusion: Cardiac myxomas are the most common benign primary tumours of the heart and occasionally may have a varied presentation with serious embolic complications. So early recognition and surgical resection with histopathological confirmation of the resected specimen is suggested.