Left Ventricular Fibroma: An Exceptional Case of Primary Tumor Involving Left Ventricle of Heart
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Incidence of primary tumor of the Heart is approximately 0.02 percent in autopsy series, among this Fibroma is the second most common type of primary cardiac tumor occurring in the pediatric age group. Most occur before 10 year of age and around one third occur before 1 year of age and during infancy. Keywords: Primary Tumor of the Heart, Levt Ventricular Tumor, Fibroma of Left Ventricle
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Sudeep Pathak, Dr. Altaf Masood
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