Which of the following is the commonest cardiac neoplasm in adults?: (A) Ventricular rhabdomyoma, (B) Atrial myxoma, (C) Metastatic tumour, (D) Angiosarcoma
Answer is C. CARDIAC HEA TUMORS PRIMARY (rare) SECONDARY (more common) MALIGNANT ANGIOSARCOMA-Adults RHABDOMYOSARCOMA - Child Secondary tumour/ Metastasis- M/C tumor in cardiac tissue Most frequent metastasis are from lung and breast carci-nomas, melanomas, leukemias, and lymphomas. BENIGN MYXOMA - Adults (most common primary cardiac tumour) RHABDOMYOMA - Children M/C pa of cardiac tissue to be affected - PERICARDIUM.