Xiong Z Q, Smith O D
Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi. 1986 Sep;8(5):386-8.
16 cases of metastatic cancer in the endocardium collected from 2,050 autopsy cases in Baptist Medical Center, Missouri, USA from 1961 to 1983 are reported. There were 484 malignant tumors and 68 metastatic cancers in the heart, in which 16 involved the endocardium comprising 0.8% of the total autopsies during the same period, 3.3% of the malignant tumors and 23.5% of the metastatic cancer in the heart. Primary sites of these 16 cases are as follows: malignant melanoma 6 cases, lung cancer 2, thyroid carcinoma 2, rectal cancer 2, breast, liver, kidney and skin 1 case each. Metastatic cancer in the endocardium is rare. Diagnosis is commonly made by occurrent findings during autopsy. The primary lesions, metastatic sites and pathological and clinical features are discussed.
报告了1961年至1983年期间从美国密苏里州浸信会医疗中心的2050例尸检病例中收集到的16例心内膜转移性癌。心脏中有484例恶性肿瘤和68例转移性癌，其中16例累及心内膜，占同期尸检总数的0.8%，占心脏恶性肿瘤的3.3%，占心脏转移性癌的23.5%。这16例的原发部位如下：恶性黑色素瘤6例，肺癌2例，甲状腺癌2例，直肠癌2例，乳腺癌、肝癌、肾癌和皮肤癌各1例。心内膜转移性癌罕见。诊断通常通过尸检时的偶然发现做出。讨论了原发性病变、转移部位以及病理和临床特征。
