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Cardiac and Pericardial Tumors

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Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Abstract

Primary cardiac and pericardial tumors are rare and affect patients of all ages. Primary cardiac tumors have a reported incidence between 0.0017 and 0.19% in autopsy series (1). Approximately 75% of all cardiac tumors are benign histologically, and the remainder are malignant. Approximately half (52%) of the benign cardiac tumors are myxomas, which account for the most frequent primary cardiac tumor. Other lesscommon benign tumors include papillary fibroelastomas (16%), lipomas (16%), hemangiomas (6%), fibromas (3%), and rhabdomyomas (1%). Less frequently, teratomas, neurofibromas, lymphangiomas, cystic tumors of the atrioventricular node, endocrine tumors (paraganglioma), and histiocytoid tumors comprise the rest of benign tumors (2,3).

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Khin, M.M., Kwong, R.Y. (2008). Cardiac and Pericardial Tumors. In: Kwong, R.Y. (eds) Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-306-6_21

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