[Heart tumors in adulthood and advanced age]

The investigation is focused on the frequency and clinical symptomatology of primary heart tumours. The authors describe their own observation of four cases of these tumours in adult and advanced age: The first one--a myxoma surviving after accurate diagnosis and surgical treatment, and at present free from any cardiac complaints and three others (two fibromas, one mesothelioma) where the diagnosis was not established in time and which proved fatal.