Left-Sided Intracardiac Tumors in a Case of Widespread Vulvar Cancer
Metastatic cardiac tumors associated with gynecological malignancies are rare. This report describes the case of stage-4 vulvar carcinoma that metastasized to the left ventricle of the heart. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
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| author | Raunak M. Nair, MD Bicky Thapa, MD Anjli Maroo, MD |
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| description | Metastatic cardiac tumors associated with gynecological malignancies are rare. This report describes the case of stage-4 vulvar carcinoma that metastasized to the left ventricle of the heart. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) |
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| spelling | doaj.art-50df024d5bc7420d89cb315ab398bc952022-12-21T19:24:41ZengElsevierJACC: Case Reports2666-08492019-08-0112179183Left-Sided Intracardiac Tumors in a Case of Widespread Vulvar CancerRaunak M. Nair, MD0Bicky Thapa, MD1Anjli Maroo, MD2Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio; Address for correspondence: Dr. Raunak Mohan Nair, Internal Medicine Department, Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital, 18101 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44111.Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, OhioDepartment of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, OhioMetastatic cardiac tumors associated with gynecological malignancies are rare. This report describes the case of stage-4 vulvar carcinoma that metastasized to the left ventricle of the heart. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919301159cardiac metastasiscardiac tumorsvulvar carcinoma |
| spellingShingle | Raunak M. Nair, MD Bicky Thapa, MD Anjli Maroo, MD Left-Sided Intracardiac Tumors in a Case of Widespread Vulvar Cancer JACC: Case Reports cardiac metastasis cardiac tumors vulvar carcinoma |
| title | Left-Sided Intracardiac Tumors in a Case of Widespread Vulvar Cancer |
| title_full | Left-Sided Intracardiac Tumors in a Case of Widespread Vulvar Cancer |
| title_fullStr | Left-Sided Intracardiac Tumors in a Case of Widespread Vulvar Cancer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Left-Sided Intracardiac Tumors in a Case of Widespread Vulvar Cancer |
| title_short | Left-Sided Intracardiac Tumors in a Case of Widespread Vulvar Cancer |
| title_sort | left sided intracardiac tumors in a case of widespread vulvar cancer |
| topic | cardiac metastasis cardiac tumors vulvar carcinoma |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919301159 |
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