Metastatic involvement of the heart and pericardium – MR case reports

Česká verzia

Authors: J. Mištinová ¹; A. Jurko ²; A. Hruboň ³; G. Kaliská ⁴
Authors place of work: I. rádiologická klinika Lekárskej fakulty UK a UN Bratislava, Slovenská republika, prednosta prof. MU Dr. Jozef Bilický, CSc. 2 Pediatrická kardiológia Martin, Slovenská republika, prednosta doc. MU Dr. Alexander Jurko, Ph. D. 3 Interná klinika ÚVN Ružomb ¹
Published in the journal: Vnitř Lék 2010; 56(11): 1155-1157
Category: Case Reports

Summary

Secondary metastatic tumors of the heart and pericardium are in comparison with primary cardiac tumors more common, but their overall prognosis is very poor. Metastases can occur in every part of the heart and pericardium. The most common source are tumors – lung cancer, breast cancer, melanoma and lymphoma. In this case report we described two patients with metastatic involvement of the heart. We are pointing out the possibilities of diagnostic imaging of cardiac tumors using echocardiography and magnetic resonance.

Key words:
secondary tumors – metastases – echocardiography – MR – melanoma malignum

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