Surgical removal of a primary pericardial tumor with myocardial involvement can result in favorable mid-term outcomes.
Single-case success after resection warrants caution; leaves open generalizability and need for prospective data in pericardial tumors.
A case is presented in which a primary tumor of the pericardium, with myocardial involvement, was discovered at the time of surgical exploration. The tumor was removed and the patient has remained well and active at the time of this report, eighteen months after the operation.
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Hochberg et al. (1950) studied this question.