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Cardiac tumors classification

Introduction

Overview

Overview

  • Cardiac tumors are classified as either primary or secondary based on their origin.
  • Primary tumors can be categorized as benign, malignant, or intermediate.
Classification

Classification

In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) changed the classification of cardiac neoplasms, including benign tumors, tumor-like lesions, malignant tumors, and pericardial tumors. [1]

  • Now, cardiac tumors are categorized into primary and secondary.
 
 
 
Cardiac Tumors
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Primary
 
 
 
Secondary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Malignant
 
 
 
 
Benign
 
 
 
 
Intermediate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Low grade Sarcoma/Myxofibroma
 
 
 
High Grade sarcoma/Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CongenitalChildhood
 
 
Adult
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Neoplastic benign
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-neoplastic
 
 
 
 
 
Classification

Classification

Primary Cardiac Tumors

Secondary Cardiac Tumors

References

References

Template:WikiDoc Sources

  1. ↑ Travis WD, Brambilla E, Nicholson AG, Yatabe Y, Austin JHM, Beasley MB; et al. (2015). “The 2015 World Health Organization Classification of Lung Tumors: Impact of Genetic, Clinical and Radiologic Advances Since the 2004 Classification”. J Thorac Oncol. 10 (9): 1243–1260. doi:10.1097/JTO.0000000000000630. PMID 26291008.

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