title: [Frequency of cardiac metastasis: review of 2222 autopsies and critical assessment].
abstract: 590 instances of carcinoma were noted in 2222 necropsies. Metastasis was present in 441 of these. Metastasis to the myocardium was observed in 38 cases (metastasis confined to the pericardium or part of the leukaemia-lymphoma group was excluded). Skin melanoblastoma was more often accompanied by myocardial metastasis than any other tumour (42.5%), whereas lung tumours gave the highest absolute number (20/38 cases). Most metastases were visible on gross inspection (81.6%) and did not display a preference for particular sites within the heart. The data are compared with those in the literature and an explanation is sought with the considerable discrepancies observed.
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma; D012878:Skin Neoplasms
vernacular_title: La frequenza delle metastasi cardiache: revisione di 2222 autopsie e contributo critico.