심장내 횡문근종의 수술치료 -2례 보고-

Cardiac Rhabdomyoma -A Report of two cases-

Primary cardiac tumors are rare, being found in approximately 1 in 10, 000 routine autopsies in patients of all ages. of the primary cardiac tumors, 75% to 80% of patients are benign lesion, of the benign cardiac tumors, myxoma is the most common type in adults, whereas rhabdomyoma predominates in infants and children. About 50% of cardiac rhabdomyoma patients, die in the first 6 months of life and 80% by 1 year of age. We report on the one infant and the one neonate operated upon successfully for removal of cardiac rhabdomyoma.