title: Intraventricular metastases from rectal-sigmoid adenocarcinoma.
abstract: Secondary cardiac tumours are rare. The new diagnostic technology and more effective chemotherapy schedules for primary tumours, leading to a longer survival, have increased the frequency of such tumors. Adenocarcinoma accounted for around 40% of all metastases to the heart; the most frequently involved sites are pericardium and epicardium. We present a patient with an unusual intraventricular metastases from adenocarcinoma of rectal-sigmoid origin.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Oncología Médica, Hospital de Jerez (SAS), Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain.
authors.forename: Alfredo Luis
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Moreno-Vega
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fuentes-Pradera
authors.forename: M del Mar
authors.initials: Mdel M
authors.lastname: Gordón-Santiago
authors.forename: José Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Vargas-Machuca
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000069287:Capecitabine; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology; D003841:Deoxycytidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000077150:Oxaliplatin; D010166:Palliative Care; D011859:Radiography; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; D000077150:Oxaliplatin; D003841:Deoxycytidine; D000069287:Capecitabine; D005472:Fluorouracil