Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 17-19, February 2008

Cardiac fibromas

  • Avrum I. Gotlieb, MDCM, FRCPC

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Avrum I. Gotlieb, MDCM, FRCPC, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Banting Institute, 100 College Street, Toronto, M5G 1L5, Ontario, Canada.

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Toronto General Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Cardiac fibroma is a rare benign nonencapsulated neoplasm of the heart. It occurs mainly in infants and children. It may grow to a large size, which results in a variety of clinical cardiac presentations, including sudden death. Surgical excision prevents recurrence.

Keywords: Fibroma, Cardiac tumor

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PII: S0740-2570(07)00132-3

doi:10.1053/j.semdp.2007.12.002

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 17-19, February 2008

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