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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-21
pubmed:abstractText
Between 1957 and March 1991, 106 patients with 110 neoplasms that originated in the heart were treated surgically at the Mayo Clinic and had pathologic material available for review. The study group consisted of 39 male and 67 female patients, who ranged in age from 2 to 80 years. Benign atrial myxomas (64 in the left atrium and 16 in the right atrium) were the most commonly encountered neoplasm. The other benign tumors were nine fibromas, five lipomatous tumors, seven valvular fibroelastic papillomas, and one cardiac hamartoma (so-called oncocytic cardiomyopathy). In addition, eight patients had a primary cardiac malignant lesion: angiosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, and malignant fibrous histiocytoma in two patients each and sarcoma (not otherwise specified) and osteogenic sarcoma in one patient each. The angiosarcomas originated in the right atrium, and the other malignant tumors originated in the left atrium. The histologic feature that most frequently predicted an adverse clinical outcome was the presence of mitotic figures, although highly cellular tumors and those with necrosis also tended to have a malignant course.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0025-6196
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
957-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-10-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Pathology of surgically excised primary cardiac tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Section of Surgical Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article