Primary neoplasms of the heart. Clinical and histological presentation of 50 cases.
Arq Bras Cardiol
; 76(3): 231-7, 2001 Mar.
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en En, Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11262573
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To analyze clinical and histologic findings of 50 patients with primary neoplasms of the heart in a tertiary referral center.METHODS:
From 1980 to 1998, we retrospectively analyzed 50 patients, 32 of whom were females, whose ages ranged from 9 to 73 years (mean age = 44.16+/-18 years).RESULTS:
Most tumors were located in the left side of the heart (72%), myxoma being the most common (84%) histologic type. The other histologic types found were as follows fibroma (4%), lipoma (2%), rhabdomyosarcoma (2%), hemangioma (2%), sarcoma (2%), angiosarcoma (2%), and lymphoma (2%). Diagnosis was established by echocardiography in 94% of the cases. Clinical findings were as follows dyspnea (36%), weight loss (20%), palpitations (18%), chest pain (16%), fever (8%), and arthralgia (6%). All patients with thromboembolic phenomena (10%) had left atrial myxoma. Approximately 20% of the patients were asymptomatic at the initial clinical assessment.CONCLUSION:
Primary cardiac tumors are a rare entity with diverse clinical and histologic findings, requiring, therefore, a high level of clinical suspicion.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Cardíacas
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Mixoma
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
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Pt
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article