title: Cardiac masses : Experience from a Turkish tertiary center of cardiology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Cardiac masses comprise a category that includes benign, malignant, and nontumoral mass lesions. The present study aims to share the findings relating to cardiac masses observed at our tertiary cardiology hospital in Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  The records of patients who presented with cardiac masses and underwent surgery at our institute between 2006 and 2015, and whose tissue samples were sent to a pathology laboratory, were retrospectively reviewed in a consecutive manner.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study included 228 patients with an average age of 52.5 ± 17.3 years. Of the study's subjects, 95 (41.7%) were male and 133 (58.3%) female. The most commonly observed mass was myxoma in 68 patients (29.8%), of whom 20 (29.4%) were male and 48 (70.6%) female. The second most frequently detected mass was pannus, with 38 cases (16.7%) - 10 (26.3%) in males and 28 (73.7%) in females. The third most common cardiac mass was thrombus (16.2%), with 18 cases of thrombi in men (48.6%) and 19 (51.4%) in women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most commonly observed cardiac mass was myxoma and most were localized in the left atrium. The second most frequently detected mass was pannus, which was mostly found on mitral mechanical prosthetic valves. Thrombi were the third most prevalent mass and were commonly localized in the right atrium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart & Research Hospital, 34846, Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey. koronerr@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gecmen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Gecmen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart & Research Hospital, 34846, Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kahyaoglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart & Research Hospital, 34846, Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Omar
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart & Research Hospital, 34846, Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Izci
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart & Research Hospital, 34846, Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kalayci
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart & Research Hospital, 34846, Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Karabay
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coban
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart & Research Hospital, 34846, Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Candan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart & Research Hospital, 34846, Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yanik
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart & Research Hospital, 34846, Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Izgi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: N O
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Barisik
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Atrium; Cardiac neoplasms; Mitral valve; Myxoma; Thrombus