Cardiac Tumors (***)

Benign:

• Myxoma
• Lipoma
• Fibroelastoma
• Rhabdamyoma

Malignant:

• Sarcoma

Malignant Cardiac Tumors are graded in two degrees:

• 1st Degree (Primary) = A malignant tumor that originates in the heart itself, usually from mesenchymal tissue.
• 2nd Degree (Secondary/Metastatic) = A malignant tumor in the heart that originates elsewhere and spreads to the heart.