Sarcomatous pleural mesothelioma metastatic to left ventricular endocardium.
A 71-year-old man, a cigarette smoker with long-term asbestos exposure, developed multifocal malignant sarcomatous pleural mesothelioma that metastasized to the left ventricular endocardium without invading pericardium, myocardium, or the contiguous pulmonary vein. This is the first reported case of malignant pleural mesothelioma to metastasize in such a manner.
Senkottaiyan
Neelavathi
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Department of Medicine and Pathology, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO 63141, USA.
Seacord
Lynne M
LM
Fulling
Keith H
KH
Birchem
Jessica A
JA
Fraley
Matthew A
MA
Alpert
Martin A
MA
D000368:Aged; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000473:pathology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology*