A metastatic ball tumor in the right atrium originating from esophageal cancer: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-148

  Nakamura, Yoshitsugu ^a   Nakano, Kiyoharu ^a   Gomi, Akihiko ^a   Nakatani, Hayao ^a   Saegusa, Naoki ^a   Matsuya, Shoji ^a   Imai, Tamotsu ^b  

^a Kanto Teishin Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac tumor; Esophageal cancer; Malignant; Metastasis; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEART METASTASIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLEURA EFFUSION; SIDE EFFECT; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 13444278706     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-004-2895-1     Document Type: Article

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