Radiation Oncology/Primary Cardiac Tumor


 * First described case of a primary cardiac tumor was by Albers in 1835
 * Approximately 75% of primary tumors of the heart are benign
 * Atrial myxoma (about 50%)
 * Lipoma (about 10%)
 * Papillary fibroelastoma (about 10%)
 * Rhabdomyoma (about 10%)
 * Fibroma (about 10%)
 * Hemangioma
 * Teratoma
 * Cystic atrioventricular node tumor
 * Malignant primary tumors constitute the remaining 25% of cardiac neoplasms
 * Primary malignancies of the myocardium: sarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, angiosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, lymphoma, melanoma, and carcinoma
 * Primary malignant tumors of the pericardium: mesothelioma, fibrosarcoma, angiosarcoma, synovial sarcoma, and teratoma