Symptomatic intracavitary (noninvasive) cardiac metastasis from low grade endometrial stromal sarcoma of the uterus

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 195, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 717-722

  Val Bernal, J Fernando ^a   Hernández Nieto, Emilia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endometrial stromal sarcoma; Heart; Intracavitary tumor; Metastasis; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HEART METASTASIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY ARTERY; STROMA CELL; UTERUS SARCOMA;

EID: 0344931877     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0344-0338(99)80067-3     Document Type: Article

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