Sarcomatoid intracardiac metastasis of a testicular germ cell tumor closely resembling primary cardiac sarcoma

Human Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1074-1077

  Stefka, Jakub ^a   Cleveland, Joseph C ^a   Lucia, M Scott ^a   Singh, Meenakshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac metastasis; Germ cell tumor

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEART ATRIUM; HEART METASTASIS; HEART SARCOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

EID: 0142139253     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/S0046-8177(03)00415-5     Document Type: Article

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