Cardiac sarcoma is a rare malignant tumor with poor prognosis, unpredictable and low survival rate, nonspecific symptoms and without definitive therapy which makes it a deadly disease. This article is an insight into the prevalence, pathophysiology, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiac sarcoma. Cardiac sarcoma is an extremely rare type of tumor that develops in the soft tissue of the heart. This tumor is either primary or secondary. A primary cardiac tumor originates in the heart while a secondary cardiac tumor develops somewhere else in the body and then it is metastasized to the heart.
Out of all cardiac tumors, 25% are malignant cardiac tumors whereas rest are benign tumors (myxoma). Among these malignant cardiac tumors, 75% are cardiac sarcomas. Primary cardiac sarcoma has a prevalence rate of 0.0017% to 0.019%, without gender predilection. However, one study reported…
