Cardiac Tumors

Cardiac neoplasms and other mass-forming lesions are not commonly encountered in surgical pathology practice. Fortunately, for the most part, these fall into a small group of well characterized and readily-recognized entities, although they are not without diagnostic dilemmas. A brief and practical synopsis of cardiac tumors is presented in this section with attention to more frequently encountered and clinically significant diagnostic challenges as well as pertinent clinical associations and prognostic information.