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Mediastinal Tumors pp 79–85Cite as

Cardiac Neoplasms

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Abstract

Cardiac tumors are rare and the majority are benign [1]. In the era prior to echocardiography and cardiac catheterization, the diagnosis of a cardiac tumor was made only at autopsy. With the advances in imaging modalities and improvements in surgical techniques, patients with these neoplasms may be potentially treatable. The clinician must have a high index of suspicion if a diagnosis of a cardiac neoplasm is to be made since the related clinical symptom complex usually mimics other nonneoplastic cardiac disease [2]. As a consequence, primary cardiac neoplasms have been referred to as the “great imitators” of the cardiovascular system [3].

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific Street, 98195, Seattle, WA, USA

    Charles R. Thomas Jr. M.D. (Fellow)

  2. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Lutheran General Hospital, 60068-1129, Park Ridge, IL, USA

    Brent De Vries D.O. (Fellow)

  3. Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Lutheran General Hospital, 60068-1129, Park Ridge, IL, USA

    Jacob D. Bitran M.D. (Clinical Professor of Medicine)

  4. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific Street, 98195, Seattle, WA, USA

    Thomas W. Griffin M.D. (Professor and Chairman)

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  1. Section of General Thoracic Surgery, Division of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, SA-25, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, 98195, Seattle, WA, USA

    Douglas E. Wood MD (Head) (Head)

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, RC-08 Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, 98195, Seattle, WA, USA

    Charles R. Thomas Jr. MD (Fellow, Former Assistant Professor) (Fellow, Former Assistant Professor)

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Thomas, C.R., De Vries, B., Bitran, J.D., Griffin, T.W. (1995). Cardiac Neoplasms. In: Wood, D.E., Thomas, C.R. (eds) Mediastinal Tumors. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79426-1_11

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