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==Most common (malignant)==
==Most common (malignant)==
*Metastases - most common cardiac tumour; 1:~100 primary tumours:secondary tumours.<ref name=pmid20472615>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Castillo | first1 = JG. | last2 = Silvay | first2 = G. | title = Characterization and management of cardiac tumors. | journal = Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth | volume = 14 | issue = 1 | pages = 6-20 | month = Mar | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1177/1089253210362596 | PMID = 20472615 }}</ref>
*Metastases - most common cardiac tumour; 1:~100 primary tumours:secondary tumours.<ref name=pmid20472615>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Castillo | first1 = JG. | last2 = Silvay | first2 = G. | title = Characterization and management of cardiac tumors. | journal = Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth | volume = 14 | issue = 1 | pages = 6-20 | month = Mar | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1177/1089253210362596 | PMID = 20472615 }}</ref>
*Most common primary malignant tumour of the heart = angiosarcoma.<ref name=Ref_WMSP135>{{Ref WMSP|135}}</ref>


==Primary heart tumours==
==Primary heart tumours==
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*Clinical: may lead to cerebral infarction.<ref name=pmid3188128>{{cite journal |author=Knepper LE, Biller J, Adams HP, Bruno A |title=Neurologic manifestations of atrial myxoma. A 12-year experience and review |journal=Stroke |volume=19 |issue=11 |pages=1435-40 |year=1988 |month=November |pmid=3188128 |doi= |url=http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/19/11/1435}}</ref>
*Clinical: may lead to cerebral infarction.<ref name=pmid3188128>{{cite journal |author=Knepper LE, Biller J, Adams HP, Bruno A |title=Neurologic manifestations of atrial myxoma. A 12-year experience and review |journal=Stroke |volume=19 |issue=11 |pages=1435-40 |year=1988 |month=November |pmid=3188128 |doi= |url=http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/19/11/1435}}</ref>
*Diagnosed by imaging.
*Diagnosed by imaging.
*May be familial, i.e. Carney complex ([[AKA]] NAME syndrome, [[AKA]] LAMB syndrome).<ref>{{Ref WMSP|135}}</ref>
**NAME = Nevi, Atrial myxoma, Mucocutaneous myxomas, and Blue nevi.
**LAMB = Lentigines, Atrial myxomas, Mucocutaneous myxomas, Blue nevi.


Most common presentations:<ref name=pmid3188128/>
Most common presentations:<ref name=pmid3188128/>
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{{Main|Adipocytic tumours}}
{{Main|Adipocytic tumours}}
*Like lipomas elsewhere in the body.
*Like lipomas elsewhere in the body.
*Usually location: left ventricle, subendocardial.<ref name=Ref_WMSP135>{{Ref WMSP|135}}</ref>


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