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The heart in primary myocardial tumors

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]


CT

CT

Histopathological Findings

Histopathological Findings

Images courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology


  • The right side of the heart has been opened to demonstrate a large right atrial mass overlying the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve. No metastases were demonstrated at autopsy.
    The right side of the heart has been opened to demonstrate a large right atrial mass overlying the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve. No metastases were demonstrated at autopsy.


  • Myxosarcoma. This tumor was excised from a 27-year-old woman with a left atrial mass (clinically diagnosed as myxoma). She died of widespread metastases at postoperative 48th month.
    Myxosarcoma. This tumor was excised from a 27-year-old woman with a left atrial mass (clinically diagnosed as myxoma). She died of widespread metastases at postoperative 48th month.


  • A 64-year-old man with back pain had surgical excision of a right atrial mass. There was a pleomorphic sarcoma with vacuolated cells. The patient died with bony metastases.
    A 64-year-old man with back pain had surgical excision of a right atrial mass. There was a pleomorphic sarcoma with vacuolated cells. The patient died with bony metastases.
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