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- Title
Cardiac Metastasis of an Epitheloid Leiomyoblastoma of the Lung.
- Authors
Künzli, A.; Zenklusen, H.R.; Schläpfer, R.; Dalquen, P.; Vogt, P.; Grädel, E.
- Abstract
A 73-year-old patient underwent an extended pneumonectomy on the left side on account of a central malignant epitheloid leiomyoblastoma of the upper lobe. During this operation a tumor invasion of the pulmonary vein was discovered by chance. During the postoperative course the patient suffered from a tumor-caused morbus embolicus which led to his death. The autopsy showed cardiac metastasis. Four aspects are discussed: the morphology and biology of the malignant leiomyoblastoma, the incidence of cardiac metastases and their clinical diagnosis as well as the intraoperative embolism of tumor masses during lung resections. Copyright © 1997 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Publication
Respiration, 1997, Vol 64, Issue 2, p182
- ISSN
0025-7931
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000196668