Open AccessFrequency of metastatic tumors in the heart
Author(s) -
I Sasa Rafajlovski,
Vujadin Tatić,
S Ilić,
Vladimir Kanjuh
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp0512915r
Subject(s) - medicine , autopsy , pericardium , metastatic carcinoma , metastasis , pathology , primary tumor , carcinoma , ventricle , cancer
Secondary or metastatic tumors in the heart occur more frequently than primary ones, and, according to the published series, their frequency found in autopsic material ranges from 1.6% to 20.6%. Metastatic tumors in the heart are rarely clinically symptomatic, and, therefore, they are rarely diagnosed within the lifetime. They are mostly diagnosed at autopsy. The aim of this study was to analyze the frequency of metastatic tumors of the heart, their primary localization, as well as the localization of the metastases found in the autopsic material within the period 1972-2004.