(a) Left atrial myxoma consisting of a mucoid stroma with spindle-shaped cells, with hemorrhage in the centrum of the myxoma (H and E staining), original magnification ×100); (b) High power view (H and E staining, original magnification ×400). Primary cardiac tumors: a single-center 41-year experience.
Steger CM, Hager T, Ruttmann E - ISRN cardiology (2012). Not Altered. CC.
Tumors of the heart are growth of abnormal tissues in the heart that are classified as either primary or secondary, and malignant or benign.
Primary tumors of the heart include:
- Cardiac lipoma
- Cardiac myxoma
- Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma
- Cardiac sarcoma
