Unusual tumours of the heart: diagnostic and prognostic implications.
Metastases to the heart are extremely uncommon. We describe three unusual cases along with their management. A review of the current literature concerning cardiac secondaries is included.
Makhija
Zeena
Z
Kings College Hospital, London, UK. profknow171@yahoo.com
Deshpande
Ranjit
R
Desai
Jatin
J
D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology