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*The second most common primary cardiac tumor. | *The second most common primary cardiac tumor. | ||
*Location: Almost always ventricular (septal or apical). | *Location: Almost always ventricular (septal or apical). | ||
Size: ± 10cm. | *Size: ± 10cm. | ||
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==Malignant tumors== | ==Malignant tumors== | ||
Primary malignant tumors are very rare. The most common malignant cardiac tumors are secondary tumors derived from primary diseases (see below). 3% of all patients with cancer receive cardiac metastases through the four " pathways": direct infiltration, haematogenically (through blood), lymph vessels (VCI, pulmonary veins). Malignant tumors have a poor prognosis: In malignant tumors the major risk is of the malignancy itself. | Primary malignant tumors are very rare. The most common malignant cardiac tumors are secondary tumors derived from primary diseases (see below). 3% of all patients with cancer receive cardiac metastases through the four " pathways": direct infiltration, haematogenically (through blood), lymph vessels (VCI, pulmonary veins). Malignant tumors have a poor prognosis: In malignant tumors the major risk is of the malignancy itself. | ||