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==Classification==
==Classification==
====Primary Cardiac Tumors====
====Primary Cardiac Tumors====
====Secondary Cardiac Tumors====
====Secondary Cardiac Tumors====
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*[[The Heart in Tumors that Originated from Vascular Structure]]
*[[The Heart in Tumors that Originated from Vascular Structure]]
*[[The Heart in Primary Myocardial Tumors]]
*[[The Heart in Primary Myocardial Tumors]]
===Benign Tumors of the Heart===
About 80% of primary tumors of the heart are benign.  Other benign tumors of the heart include [[rhabdomyoma]]s, [[fibroma]]s, [[hemangioma]]s, [[lipoma]]s,[[paraganglioma]]s, myocytic hamartomas, and [[papillary fibroelastoma]]s<ref name="Edwards-1953134">{{cite journal | author=Edwards FH, Hale D, Cohen A, Thompson L, Pezzella AT, Virmani R. | title=Primary cardiac valve tumors | journal=Ann Thorac Surg | year=1991 | volume=52 | issue=5 | pages=1127-31 | id=PMID 1953134}}</ref>.
===Malignant Tumors of the Heart===
About 20% of primary tumors of the heart are malignant in nature. Malignant tumors of the heart include [[rhabdomyosarcoma]]s, [[angiosarcoma]]s, myxosarcomas,[[fibrosarcoma]]s, [[leiomyosarcoma]]s, reticulum cell sarcomas, and [[liposarcoma]]s.  The cardiac sarcomas may occur at any age, but are more commonly seen in individuals in their 20s to 40s.  They occur equally in males and females.
===Tumors of the Heart Valves===
A subset of the primary tumors of the heart are tumors that involve the four heart valves, with equal distribution among the four heart valves.<ref name="Edwards-1953134"/>  The vast majority of these are papillary [[fibroelastomas]].  Primary tumors of the heart valves predominate in males and are generally benign.  Heart valve tumors often have symptoms related to the valve, such as [[stroke]] and [[TIA]], and infrequently [[sudden cardiac death]].


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