Question 435 · LEK · Cardiac tumors
Echocardiography revealed a previously undiagnosed solid lesion in the lumen of the left atrium of a hypertensive patient. Which of the following heart tumours is the most likely diagnosis in this case?
- A. angiosarcoma.
- B. atrial myxoma.
- C. fibroma.
- D. elastofibroma.
- E. lipoma.
Hint
Recall the most common primary cardiac tumour in adults and the chamber where it typically sits.
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