The Characteristics of Primary Cardiac Tumors Occured in Korean People

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES: Primary cardiac tumors are rare, being found in approimately 1 in 10,000 to 33 in 1,000 routine autopsies in patients of all ages. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the status of primary cardiac tumor in Korea, Their clinical and pathological characteristics. We analysed our 13 cases of primary cardiac tumors confirmed by operative findings, and all cases which were published in several literatures. METHOD: Thirteen cases of primary cardiac tumors confirmed by pathologic findings from 1982 in keimyung university hospital, and 116 cases of published data from 1962 were reviewed their pathologic and clinical findings. RESULTS: One hundred and twenty nine cases were included in this study, The age was ranged from 15 dyas to 75 years old. 45 cases(35%) were male and 84(65%) were female. 119 cases(92.2%) were revealed benign tumor 115 myxoma, 2 rhabdomyoma, 1 lipoma and 1 fibroma. 10 cases(7.8%) were malignant tumors 4 angiosarcoma, 2 fibrous histiocytoma, 2 rhabdomyosarcoma, 2 fibrosarcoma. The most common site of benign tumor was left atrium, and of malignant tumor was right atrium. CONCLUSION: Most of primary cardiac tumors were benign. And left atrial myxoma was most common primary cardiac tumor. Angiosarcoma was most common malignant tumor, occured in right atrium most frequently.