[Metastatic cancer of the heart--a clinicopathologic study of 68 cases].
The study of 68 autopsy cases of metastatic cancer of the heart is reported. There were 41 male and 27 female. The age was from 26-89 years. The primary neoplasms are as follows: carcinoma of lung (26.5%), lymphosarcoma (14.7%), leukemia (11.8%), malignant melanoma (8.8%), carcinoma of breast (7.4%) and of kidney (7.4%). The laterality ratio of the heart was; right: left is 1:2. The myocardium was involved in 50 cases, the pericardium, 30 cases and the endocardium, 16 cases. 19 cases (27.9%) had symptoms referable to the metastatic disease in the heart. None of the patient was correctly diagnosed before death as to the metastatic lesion in the heart. 88.2% (60/68) of cases died of general metastases, in which 14 succumbed directly from metastatic cancer of the heart.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged