title: [Contribution to the frequency and diagnosis of cardiac metastases in autopsy cases (author's transl)].
abstract: At the Karl-Marx-University of Leipzig 12033 autopsies  of adults (15 years and upwards) were registered during the period 1965 to 1969, 3919 malignant tumours were observed. 224 cases showed metastases in the heart arising especially from bronchiogenic carcinomas, carcinomas of the mamma and melanoblastomas. Cardiac metastases in our cases occurred between the age 26 and 90. The localisation of the metastases is reported distinctly. Further 50 hearts of tumour-autopsies without macroscopic finding were investigated after separating 2 min-slices. The microscopical examination showed metastases is 6 cases.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005859:Germany, East; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Beitrag zur Häufigkeit und Diagnostik von Herzmetastasen im Sektionsgut.