Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2024; 121(1): e20230849
Has the Natural History of Primary Heart Tumors in Children Been Modified Recently?
This Short Editorial is referred by the Research article "Perinatal Results and Long-Term Follow-Up of Fetal Cardiac Tumors: A 30-Year Historical Cohort Study".
Morphology of the nodular lesions of the fetal and neonatal heart
The most frequent nodular lesions of the fetal and neonatal heart are rhabdomyomas and fibromas, which are considered hamartomas.
In rhabdomyoma cells, the lack of proliferative immunohistochemical markers indicates that these lesions are more likely hamartomas rather than true neoplasms.
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Has the Natural History of Primary Heart Tumors in Children Been Modified Recently?
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