An unusual metastatic tumor to the heart
Metastatic tumors of the heart are 20 to 40 times more common than the primary cardiac tumors. Cardiac metastasis from pelvic malignancy is rare and gynecological tumors rarely metastasize to the heart. Metastasis into the heart is rare and most of the cases are diagnosed postmortem during autopsy....
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| author | Shima Mousavi, MD Neda Zarrin-Khameh, MD, MPH |
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| description | Metastatic tumors of the heart are 20 to 40 times more common than the primary cardiac tumors. Cardiac metastasis from pelvic malignancy is rare and gynecological tumors rarely metastasize to the heart. Metastasis into the heart is rare and most of the cases are diagnosed postmortem during autopsy. We report a case of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of uterine cervix into heart causing obstruction of the right ventricle and pulmonary artery causing dyspnea on exertion and eventually patient's demise. Keywords: Case report, Squamous cell carcinoma, Metastasis and heart |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6ecda9bb96ec4d358d3d566b2a6136342022-12-22T02:44:28ZengElsevierHuman Pathology: Case Reports2214-33002017-09-0193032An unusual metastatic tumor to the heartShima Mousavi, MD0Neda Zarrin-Khameh, MD, MPH1Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, United StatesCorresponding author at: Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, United States.; Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, United StatesMetastatic tumors of the heart are 20 to 40 times more common than the primary cardiac tumors. Cardiac metastasis from pelvic malignancy is rare and gynecological tumors rarely metastasize to the heart. Metastasis into the heart is rare and most of the cases are diagnosed postmortem during autopsy. We report a case of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of uterine cervix into heart causing obstruction of the right ventricle and pulmonary artery causing dyspnea on exertion and eventually patient's demise. Keywords: Case report, Squamous cell carcinoma, Metastasis and hearthttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214330016300840 |
| spellingShingle | Shima Mousavi, MD Neda Zarrin-Khameh, MD, MPH An unusual metastatic tumor to the heart Human Pathology: Case Reports |
| title | An unusual metastatic tumor to the heart |
| title_full | An unusual metastatic tumor to the heart |
| title_fullStr | An unusual metastatic tumor to the heart |
| title_full_unstemmed | An unusual metastatic tumor to the heart |
| title_short | An unusual metastatic tumor to the heart |
| title_sort | unusual metastatic tumor to the heart |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214330016300840 |
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