NEOPLASTIC INVASION OF THE HEART AND PERICARDIUM

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Article1 June 1955NEOPLASTIC INVASION OF THE HEART AND PERICARDIUMGENE U. COHEN, M.D., THOMAS M. PEERY, M.D., JOHN M. EVANS, M.D.GENE U. COHEN, M.D., THOMAS M. PEERY, M.D., JOHN M. EVANS, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-6-1238 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is the purpose of this report to call attention to the frequency of neoplastic invasion of the heart and pericardium and to present the clinical features which may facilitate antemortem diagnosis. The observations are derived from a clinicopathologic study of 315 deaths from malignant tumors in a series of 1,007 consecutive autopsies at this hospital, and from a partial review of the medical literature.FREQUENCY AND NATURE OF CARDIAC METASTASESThe incidence of cardiac metastases has been variously reported to be from 0.24 to 6.45%1-3, 22 of all autopsies, as compared to an incidence of 0.0017% for primary tumors...Bibliography1. PolliaGogol JALJ: Some notes on malignancy of the heart, Am. J. Cancer 27: 329-333, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. ScottGarvin RWCF: Tumors of the heart and pericardium, Am. Heart J. 17: 431-436, 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Dimmette RM: The antemortem diagnosis of secondary tumors of the heart; report of 4 cases, U. S. Armed Forces M. J. 1: 750-758, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. Friedberg CK: Diseases of the heart, 1st Ed., 1949, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, p. 995. Google Scholar5. 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HAMMARSTEN 1 June 1955Volume 42, Issue 6Page: 1238-1245KeywordsAutopsyClinical pathologyHeartMalignant tumorsPericardium ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1955 PDF downloadLoading ...