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A survey of heart tumors: clinical and echocardiographic approach

Kalp tümörlerine genel bakış: Klinik ve ekokardiyografik yaklaşım

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427–435
Publication Date
2022-10-10
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Metastases to the heart are usually approached symptomatically except for exceptional cases.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Heart tumors can be primary in origin, can develop from direct extension of a neighboring tumor or they can be the manifestation ofmetastasis of a distant tumor.
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Key Findings & Data:Myxomas are the most frequently encountered primary benign cardiac tumors.
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Conclusion & Impact:Metastases to the heart are usually approached symptomatically except for exceptional cases.
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Abstract

Heart tumors can be primary in origin, can develop from direct extension of a neighboring tumor or they can be the manifestation ofmetastasis of a distant tumor. Myxomas are the most frequently encountered primary benign cardiac tumors. Primary malignant tumors of the heart are rare, and they are mostly sarcomatous in structure. Secondary heart tumors constitute a wide spectrum, nevertheless they most frequently originate from lung cancer, breast cancer and hematological malignancies. Heart tumors may involve myocardium,endocardium, epicardium, pericardium, or any combination of the aforementioned layers. On the other hand, the usual site for metastasis to the heart is the pericardium. These tumors do not have a well- established classification. Clinical findings are usually non-specific andtransient in nature and frequently present late in the disease process. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography are the most widely used diagnostic modalities. Magnetic resonance imaging and computerized tomography may be helpful for selected cases. Surgery is the principal therapeutic option in benign tumors and when recurrences are not taken into account, they have favorable prognoses. Since surgical resection is usually incomplete in malignant tumors, therapy must be individualized for each patient; even with adjuvant chemotherapy, postoperative survival is usually short. Metastases to the heart are usually approached symptomatically except for exceptional cases.

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Kalp tümörleri primer şekilde karşımıza çıkabileceği gibi, bazen komşu bir tümörün yayılımı, bazen de uzaktaki bir tümörün metastazı olarak gözlenirler. Primer benign kalp tümörleri içerisinde en sık rastlanan miksomalardır. Primer malign tümörler ise nadir görülüp çoğunlukla sarkomatöz yapıdadır. Sekonder kalp tümörleri özellikle akciğer ve memeden kaynaklanırlar veya hematolojik maligniteler sırasında ortaya çıkarlar. Kalp tümörleri miyokardı, endokardı, epikardı, perikardı veya bunların hepsini bir arada tutarlar. En sık görülen metastaz lokalizasyonu perikarddır. Bu tümörlerin iyi bir sınıflaması bulunmamaktadır. Klinik bulgular, genelde nonspesifik ve değişken olup, geç ortaya çıkarlar. Tanı metodu olarak ön planda transözofajiyal ve transtorasik ekokardiyografi kullanılır. Manyetik rezonans ve bilgisayarlı tomografiden de faydalanılan vakalar vardır. Benign tümörlerin tedavisi prensipte cerrahi olup -miksomalardaki rekürrensler göz ardı edilirse- genelde iyi prognoz gösterirler. Malign tümörlerde ise cerrahi tedavi çoğunlukla tamamlanamadığından, yaklaşımı vakaya göre tartışmak gerekir; bu durumda adjuvan kemoterapiye rağmen, ortaya çıkan metastazlar nedeni ile postoperatif ölümler çabuk gerçekleşir. Kardiyak metastazlar, istisnalar dışında semptomatik olarak ele alınırlar.

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KARPUZ, V., İKTİMUR, B., KARPUZ, H. (2022). A survey of heart tumors: clinical and echocardiographic approach. Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi, Cilt: 7 - Sayı: 4, 427–435. https://ajindex.com/articles/437173

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