Metastatic cardiac tumors: literature review and own observation of testicular tumor metastasis in the right ventricle of the heart
Summary. Background: Tumors of the heart are uncommon and usually benign (in 93% cases myxomas are observed). More often secondary, metastatic tumors are detected in the heart, as a rule, at pronounced progression of the malignant neoplasm with multiple lesions of other internal organs (lung, pleura...
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| Date: | 2018 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PH Akademperiodyka
2018
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| Online Access: | https://exp-oncology.com.ua/index.php/Exp/article/view/2018-4-15 |
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| Journal Title: | Experimental Oncology |
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Experimental Oncology| Summary: | Summary. Background: Tumors of the heart are uncommon and usually benign (in 93% cases myxomas are observed). More often secondary, metastatic tumors are detected in the heart, as a rule, at pronounced progression of the malignant neoplasm with multiple lesions of other internal organs (lung, pleura, liver, etc.). Literature review on cardiac metastases of different tumors is given. Case Report: Own observation of a young man with rare single metastasis of malignant testicular germ cell tumor with predominance of embryonic carcinoma in the right ventricle of the heart is presented; the primary tumor was detected after metastasis revealing. The diagnostic algorithm using routine histological study supplemented with immunohistochemistry, including detection of cytokeratin pan, cytokeratin 5/6, cytokeratin 7, CD30, OCT4, TTF-1, hCG, and AFP markers expression, is described. |
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