Malignant neoplastic emboli to the coronary arteries: report of two cases and review of the literature.
Two patients were seen with malignant neoplastic emboli to the coronary arteries. One, a 61-year-old woman with a malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the thigh and a solitary pulmonary metastatic lesion, died of an acute myocardial infarction due to a neoplastic coronary embolus after lobectomy. The other, a 51-year-old woman with bronchogenic adenocarcinoma, died of extensive cerebral metastases. At autopsy, she also was found to have had an acute myocardial infarction associated with a neoplastic coronary embolus.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery