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Table 2 Types of cardiac masses in the study population (also in Figure 2 )

From: Evaluation of cardiac masses by real-time perfusion imaging echocardiography

Malignant cardiac tumors

Primary

Primary cardiac lymphoma

3

Malignant pericardium mesothelioma

1

Secondary (metastases)

Mediastinal – Lymphoma

5

Mediastinal neoplasia of uncertain origin

1

Pulmonary adenocarcinoma

3

Not-small cell pulmonary carcinoma

1

Ductal breast carcinoma

1

Malignant testicular teratoma

1

Ovarian cancer (unknown cellular type)

1

Hepatocellular carcinoma

1

Sacral chordoma

1

Chondrosarcoma

1

Osteosarcoma

1

Prostate adenocarcinoma

1

Metastasis of unknown origin

1

Benign cardiac tumors

Myxoma

16

Rhabdomyoma

3

Paraganglioma

1

Lipoma

2

Bronchiogenic cyst

1

Mature teratoma (mediastinal)

1

Thrombi

Intracardiac thrombi

33

Pseudotumors

Abscess in right atrial lateral wall

1

Liver (diaphragm muscle paralysis)

1

Megaesophagus

1

Endomyocardiofibrosis

1

Caseous degeneration of mitral annulus

1

Anatomical variant (supra hepatic vein emerging into right atrium and left superior vena cava in coronary sinus)

1