A mobile mass - a left atrial undifferentiated sarcoma mimicking myxoma: a case report

The incidence of primary cardiac tumors is extremely low, ranging from 0.0017% to 0.019%.^1 Primarytumors can be categorized into benign or malignant tumors, in which 75% of primary tumors are benign with myxomas comprising 50% of the cases. On the other hand, malignant tumors constitute less than 2...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chinese medical journal 2008-07, Vol.121 (14), p.1339-1341
Hauptverfasser: Shao, Huan-zhang, Xiao, Xi-jun, Zhu, Peng, Qian, Yong-jun, Yuan, Hong-sheng
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The incidence of primary cardiac tumors is extremely low, ranging from 0.0017% to 0.019%.^1 Primarytumors can be categorized into benign or malignant tumors, in which 75% of primary tumors are benign with myxomas comprising 50% of the cases. On the other hand, malignant tumors constitute less than 25% of primary cardiac neoplasms and are manifested predominantly as sarcoma in various forms.
ISSN:0366-6999
2542-5641
DOI:10.1097/00029330-200807020-00018