Tumors Rumors and Bad Humors Flashcards
Where do angiosarcoma originate in heart most often?
Right Atrium
Where do fibroma originate in heart most often?
LV
Where do mesothelioma tumors originate in heart most often?
Pericardium
Where do rhabdomyoma tumors originate in heart most often?
RV = LV
Where do papillary fibroelastoma originate in heart most often?
Mitral Valve
Aortic Valve
Rhabdomyoma are associated with what disease?
Tuberous Sclerosis
Where is the most common place to find a myxoma?
Left Atrium
What is the most common malignant tumor of the heart?
Metastatic
What is the most common cardiac neoplasm in adults?
Myxoma
What is the most common sarcoma tumor of the heart?
Angiosarcoma
What is the most common metastatic cancer that has cardiac involvement?
Melanoma
What is the most common tumor found in the vena cava?
Renal Cell Carcinoma
What % of Primary Cardiac Tumors are benign?
75%
What % of Primary Cardiac Tumors are malignant?
25%
What is the most common primary cardiac benign tumors?
Myxoma
Other than sarcomas, what is the 2nd most common malignant cardiac tumors?
Lymphomas
What is the typical age group of myxoma?
30 - 60 year olds (Middle aged)
What is the typical gender where myxoma are found?
Women > Men
What is the location where myxomas are commonly found?
- LA (75%)
- RA (23%)
- LV/RV (2%)
Where are the myxomas commonly attached in the atriums (Left > Right)
Fossa Ovalis
Depression in the right atrium of the heart, at the level of the interatrial septum, the wall between right and left atrium. The fossa ovalis is the remnant of a thin fibrous sheet that covered the foramen ovale during fetal development.
What are myxomas characterized as?
Protruding “fronds” of tissue or “Grape cluster” appearance
Frond: the leaf or leaflike part of a palm, fern, or similar plant
Ventricular Myxoma:
More common in what population?
Women and Children (Multiple/Familial)
Where are lipomas found in the heart (usually)?
Extramyocardial
Subpericardial
What is lipomatous Hypertrophy?
Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum (LHIS) is a relatively uncommon disorder of the heart characterized by benign fatty infiltration of the interatrial septum.
It is commonly found in elderly and obese patients as an asymptomatic incidentally discovered finding.
Where are fibroelastomas traditionally seen?
Downstream side of valve (LV side of MV or Aorta side of AV)
What are the echo characteristics of fibroelastomas?
Well demarcated homogenous texture
Small
Mobile stalk
Single vs. Multiple
What are the two most common types of primary malignant cardiac tumors?
- Sarcoma (95%)
- Lymphoma (5%)
What are the two most common type of sarcomas found in the heart?
- Angiosarcoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
What populaton is angiosarcomas most common?
Middle aged men
Where are angiosarcomas most common found?
RA
What is the most common cardiac malignancy in pediatrics?
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Where are rhabdomyosarcomas found?
Ventricular Wall
Which is more common, primary or secondary cardiac tumors?
Seconary > 20x more common
What is the most common primary source of secondary cardiac tumors?
- Lung
- Breast
- Melanoma
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma