Primary malignant cardiac tumors
Last revised by Joachim Feger on 28 Jun 2021
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Gaillard F, Feger J, Bell D, et al. Primary malignant cardiac tumors. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 23 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-9033
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Joachim Feger ◉
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- Primary malignant cardiac tumors
- Malignant cardiac tumors - primary
- Malignant cardiac tumours - primary
- Primary malignant tumors of the heart
- Primary malignant tumours of the heart
Primary malignant cardiac tumors are rare and account for only ~25% of primary cardiac tumors, and only a small proportion of all malignant tumors which involve the heart: direct extension of adjacent tumors or metastatic deposits are far more common.
Pathology
Histological types include 1:
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cardiac angiosarcoma
- most common
- accounts for 35-40% of all primary malignant cardiac tumors
- undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcomas
- osteosarcoma
- hemangiopericytoma
- cardiac lymphoma
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References
- 1. CT of the Heart: Principles and Applications. U. Joseph Schoepf. Humana P.,U.S. ISBN:1592598188 (find it at amazon.com)
- 2. O'Donnell DH, Abbara S, Chaithiraphan V et-al. Cardiac tumors: optimal cardiac MR sequences and spectrum of imaging appearances. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009;193 (2): 377-87. doi:10.2214/AJR.08.1895 - Pubmed citation
- 3. David Kassop, Michael S. Donovan, Michael K. Cheezum, Binh T. Nguyen, Neil B. Gambill, Ron Blankstein, Todd C. Villines. Cardiac Masses on Cardiac CT: A Review. (2014) Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports. 7 (8): 9281. doi:10.1007/s12410-014-9281-1 - Pubmed
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