Table 1

Frequency Distribution of Cardiac Tumours in Children

Primary Benign
Frequency (%)

Rhabdomyoma
40-60
Teratoma
15-19
Fibroma
12-16
Myxoma
2-4
Haemangioma
5
Lymphangioma
}
Haemangiopericytoma
} Very rate
Oncocytic tumours
}


Primary Malignant

Rabdomyosarcomas
2
Fibrosarcoma
2


Secondary Metastatic tumours

Neuroblastoma
}
Leukaemia
} very
Lymphoma
} rare
Melanoma
}

Uzun et al. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2007 2:11   doi:10.1186/1750-1172-2-11