Primary Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Heart

Case Reports1 May 1960PRIMARY RHABDOMYOSARCOMA OF THE HEARTGEORGE C. COE, M.D., F.A.C.P.GEORGE C. COE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-52-5-1124 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPrimary malignant tumors of the heart are rare. The over-all tabulation of all primary tumors, benign and malignant, contains about 500 cases, of which about 50% are myxomas.1In 1945 Straus and Merliss2quoted statistics indicating a frequency of primary heart tumors of only 0.001% in 480,331 autopsies. In 1931 Yater3compiled 46 primary sarcomas of the heart. During the next 10 years Weir and Jones4found 29 additional cases. In 1945 Mahaim5published his extensive monograph and included 87 cases to that date. By 1949 Whorton6was able to increase the number of primary sarcomas to 100, and in...Bibliography1. 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