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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.


Primary malignant tumors
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angiosarcoma
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Most common primary malignant cardiac tumor
!colspan="2"|Primary malignant tumors
Location: 90% right atrium
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rhabdomyosarcoma
!Angiosarcoma
Second most common primary malignant cardiac tumor, often in children than adults
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Location: whole heart
*Most common primary malignant cardiac tumor
mesothelioma
*Location: 90% right atrium
Cover visceral and parietal pericardium, no growth in endocardium.
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Secondary malignant tumors
!Rhabdomyosarcoma
metastases
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melanoma
*Second most common primary malignant cardiac tumor, often in children than adults
lung Cancer
*Location: whole heart
breast cancer
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sarcoma
!Mesothelioma
Renal cell carcinoma
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leukemia
*Cover visceral and parietal pericardium, no growth in endocardium.
lymphoma
!colspan="2"|Secondary malignant tumors
Oesophagus cancer
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hepatocellular carcinoma
!Metastases
thyroid cancer
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*Melanoma
*Lung Cancer
*Breast cancer
*Sarcoma
*Renal cell carcinoma
*Leukemia
*Lymphoma
*Oesophagus cancer
*Hepatocellular carcinoma
*Thyroid cancer
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Overview location most common cardiac tumors
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