Tumours of the heart. A study of 89 cases.
Eight-nine patients with heart tumours (76 metastatic and 13 primary) were studied. Metastatic tumours were usually clinically silent and most often came from lung carcinomas, lymphomas, malignant melanomas, and gastric and breast cancers. The primary tumours consisted of 11 myxomas, 1 fibrous histiocytoma and 1 haemangioma.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology; D013019:South Africa