title: [Malignant schwannoma metastasizing to the heart].
abstract: We introduce the case of a 34-year-old male with a malignant metastasizing tumor in the heart associated with skin manifestations. The patient was submitted to heart surgery to resect the tumor. The correct diagnosis was done by pathological findings and immunohistochemical methods and showed, malignant schwannoma.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Moléstias Cardiovasculares (IMC), São José do Rio Preto, SP.
authors.forename: A da S
authors.initials: Ada S
authors.lastname: Menezes Júnior
authors.forename: O T
authors.initials: OT
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fiorini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pavarino
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Corbucci
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Caixeta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000790:Angiocardiography; D001706:Biopsy; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D009418:S100 Proteins
vernacular_title: Schwannoma maligno metastatizando para o coração.