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Neoplasms Involving the Heart, Their Simulators, and Adverse Consequences of Their Therapy [PDF]
Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2001 Primary cardiac tumors involving the heart may be either benign or malignant. Most of the benign tumors are myxomas, which are most commonly located in the left atrium. Primary malignant neoplasms usually involve the myocardium and the interior of the cardiac cavities, whereas neoplasms metastatic to the heart most commonly involve pericardium, and ...
William C Roberts
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Combination of cardiac and carotid glomus tumour: a rare case report [PDF]
Folia Medica, 2022 The most common tumour of the heart is myxoma but paraganglioma (also called glomus tumour in extracardiac sites) in the cardiac position is the rarest of them.
Feridoun Sabzi +4 more
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Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2022 Introduction: Heart neoplasms are rare tumors. Myxoma is the commonest primary benign tumor of the heart presenting with features of obstruction, arrhythmia, and embolism. Surgical excision of the tumor is the gold standard of treatment.
Prabhat Khakural +3 more
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Di-san junyi daxue xuebao, 2021 Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics of right atrial tumors and to analyze the experience and efficacy of surgical treatment. Methods The clinical data of 64 patients (37 females and 27 males, at a mean age of 47.0±16.4 years) with right
PAN Wencheng +3 more
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Benign tumors of the heart: Myxoma of the right atrium - a case report [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2018 Introduction. Myxoma is the most common primary benign heart tumor. The most frequent location is the left atrium, the chamber of the heart that receives oxygen- rich blood from the lungs.
Hinić Saša +10 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 BackgroundCardiac paraganglioma (CPGL) accounts for 1–3% of cardiac tumors and is usually benign. In total, 35–50% of CPGL lesions secrete catecholamines, causing hypertension, excessive sweating, palpitations, headache, and other symptoms.
Wen-peng Huang +5 more
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대한영상의학회지, 2021 Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a soft tissue sarcoma that originates from smooth muscle cells. It is commonly found in the uterus but can occur throughout the body, including the retroperitoneal space, abdominal cavity, and any vascular structure.
Sangmin Park, Heekyung Kim
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Frequency of metastatic tumors in the heart [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2005 Introduction. Secondary or metastatic tumors in the heart occur more frequently than primary ones, and, according to the published series, their frequency found in autopsic material ranges from 1.6% to 20.6%.
Rafajlovski Saša I. +3 more
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 BackgroundTo evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of contrast echocardiography (CE) in patients with suspected cardiac masses.MethodsA multicenter, prospective study involving 108 consecutive patients with suspected cardiac masses based on transthoracic ...
Ying Li +9 more
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Right ventricular myxoma: A case report [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2013 Introduction. Myxomas arising from the right ventricle are extremely rare. Case report. We presented a 71-year-old patient with worsening symptoms of the exertional dyspnea and atypical chest pains lasting 6 months. A transthoracic and transesophageal
Obrenović-Kirćanski Biljana +9 more
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