title: Sarcomatous pleural mesothelioma metastatic to left ventricular endocardium.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Pathology, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO 63141, USA.
authors.forename: Neelavathi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Senkottaiyan
authors.forename: Lynne M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Seacord
authors.forename: Keith H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Fulling
authors.forename: Jessica A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Birchem
authors.forename: Matthew A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fraley
authors.forename: Martin A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alpert
mesh_terms: 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*