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Rare Disease

primary adult heart tumor

MONDO:0019493

Also known as:adult cardiac tumoradult cardiac tumouradult heart tumor

Overview

Adult heart tumor refers to neoplasms of the heart that manifest in adults and generally present with a variety of non-specific manifestations (depending on tumor site and infiltration) such as weight loss, exhaustion, hemorrhagic pericardial effusion, heart failure, arrhythmias, and embolisms, or that can also be asymptomatic. In adults 75% of heart tumors are benign, with myxoma being the most common benign tumor (accounting for 50-70% of all primary heart tumors) and rhabdomyosarcoma comprising 75% of malignant heart tumors. Other malignant tumors of the heart include fibrosarcoma and leiomyosarcoma (see these terms).

Diagnosis

Biomarker and diagnostic research for primary adult heart tumor has been reported in the published literature.

Prognosis

Estimated prevalence: Unknown (Unknown prevalence).

Research Landscape

Sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed. Publication types are classified using NLM-curated article metadata; research type breakdowns reflect the nature of published work for this disease.

No clinical trials have been registered for primary adult heart tumor.

330 publications have been identified in PubMed for primary adult heart tumor. Kisho has analyzed 71 by research type. Research spans Epidemiology / Natural History (34%), Clinical Trial Publication (31%), and Review / Meta-Analysis (13%).

Research Type	Count	% of Total
Disease patterns and progression	24	34%

Data assembled from 3 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 18, 2026, 9:17 PM UTC

MONDOHPOClinicalTrials.govFDAPubMedHGNCClinVarClinGenGeneReviewsOrphanetOMIMRUSP

Medical References

External Resources

Orphanet

European rare disease database

Orphanet:874

GARD

Genetic and Rare Diseases Info Center

GARD:18709

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primary adult heart tumor

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