title: Late cardiac metastasis from colorectal carcinoma 15 years after surgery.
abstract: Late recurrence of malignant tumors in the heart more than 10 years after surgery is quite rare, especially for colorectal carcinoma. Here, we report a case of late cardiac metastasis from a primary colorectal carcinoma, which occurred more than 15 years after the initial surgery. To our knowledge, this is the first such reported case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan cvsl2012-01c@yahoo.co.jp.
authors.forename: Keiichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kasama
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Oncology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Oncology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suwa
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okudera
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Munetaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masuda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003082:Colectomy; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Colorectal neoplasms; heart atria; heart neoplasms; neoplasm metastasis