The heart in primary myocardial tumors
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| The right side of the heart has been opened to demonstrate a large right atrial mass overlying the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve. No metastases were demonstrated at autopsy. Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
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Histopathological Findings
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The right side of the heart has been opened to demonstrate a large right atrial mass overlying the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve. No metastases were demonstrated at autopsy.
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Myxosarcoma. This tumor was excised from a 27-year-old woman with a left atrial mass (clinically diagnosed as myxoma). She died of widespread metastases at postoperative 48th month.
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A 64-year-old man with back pain had surgical excision of a right atrial mass. There was a pleomorphic sarcoma with vacuolated cells. The patient died with bony metastases.
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See Also
- The Heart in Breast Cancer
- The Heart in Gynecologic Tumors
- The Heart in Head and Neck Tumors
- The heart in leukemias
- The Heart in Lung Cancers
- The Heart in Lymphomas
- The Heart in Multiple Myeloma
- The Heart in Osteosarcomas
- The Heart in Peritoneal and Mesothelial Tumors
- The Heart in Skin Cancers
- The Heart in Thyroid and Parathyroid Cancers
- The Heart in Tumors that Originated from Vascular Structure
- The Heart in Urinary System Tumors
- The Heart in Central and Peripheral Nervous System Cancers
- The Heart in Gastrointestinal, Hepatobilier & Pancreatic Tumors