[Endocarditis in cancer necropsies (author's transl)]

Terminal endocarditis develope in cancer patients almost latently. There is no difference between the so-called "tumor-endocarditis" and other verrucous endocarditis associated with terminal tuberculosis, sepsis or rheumatism. It is more frequent in cases with large or ulcerated primary tumours and multiple metastases than in cases with early cancer. It also develope more frequently in well differentiated cancer (squamous and adenocarcinoma) than in indifferentiated forms of cancer. Terminal endocarditis is often seen in patients with cancer of the gallbladder, pancreas, liver, stomach, rectum, and ovary. In carcinoma of the liver, pancreas and biliary tract the trend to embolism is more reduced through icterus than the trend to terminal endocarditis.