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Cardiac metastasis of rectal adenocarcinoma. Surgical treatment
R Parravicini1, N A Fahim, F Cocconcelli
1Cardiac Surgery Institute, University of Modena Medical School, Italy.
Texas Heart Institute Journal
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
The authors report a case of cardiac metastasis of a rectal adenocarcinoma that infiltrated the right ventricle and partially obstructed its outflow tract. Surgical treatment was performed because of syncopal attacks. The differential diagnosis between organized thrombi and intracardiac tumor is considered.