PRIMARY TUMORS OF THE HEART
LAMBERT M. SURHONE, MARIAM T. TENNOE, SUSAN F. HENSSONOW
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The primary tumors of the heart are tumors that arise from the normal tissues that make up the heart.
This is in contrast to secondary tumors of the heart, which are typically either metastatic from another part of the body, or infiltrate the heart via direct extension from the surrounding tissues.
The most common primary tumor of the heart is the myxoma.
In surgical series, the myxoma makes up as much as 77% of all primary tumors of the heart.
