title: Benign cardiac tumors and tumorlike conditions.
abstract: Benign primary cardiac tumors and tumorlike conditions are rare, yet important surgical and autopsy pathology specimens. Although many of these entities are clinically silent, a few can cause significant morbidity or even sudden death. Some cardiac tumors arise in the setting of genetic disorders. Providing the correct diagnosis for a cardiac mass lesion will aid in patient care and genetic counseling. Therefore, a familiarity of these tumors is essential for both surgical and forensic pathologists. This comprehensive and up-to-date review describes the key clinical, gross, and histologic findings for 16 distinct entities. It also provides differential diagnoses and key facts to differentiate between similar appearing tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Deepali
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Maleszewski
authors.forename: Marc K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Halushka
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology*; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000473:pathology*