• Primary malignant cardiac tumors are an uncommon and usually fatal pathology. • The most commonly described symptom is dyspnea. • The most frequent finding on TTE is a mass at the level of the atria. • The prognosis of these lesions remains bleak despite newer diagnostic technologies.

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