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To raise awareness about the diagnosis of rare tumors in the heart and pericardium, emphasizing their clinical relevance.

Tumors of the Heart and Pericardium

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To raise awareness about the diagnosis of rare tumors in the heart and pericardium, emphasizing their clinical relevance.
A review of clinical histories of documented cases of cardiac tumors.
Analysis of symptoms and clinical implications of primary and secondary cardiac tumors.
Most tumors are asymptomatic and found incidentally.
Only one primary heart tumor and a few metastatic lesions have been diagnosed in living patients.

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May increase vigilance for rare cardiac tumors; leaves open need for prospective diagnostic studies.

Wallace M. Yater (1931) studied this question.

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