Unusual sites of metastatic malignancy. Case 1. Cardiac metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5012-5014

  Longo, Raffaele ^a   Mocini, David ^a   Santini, Massimo ^a   Giannantoni, Paride ^a   Carillio, Guida ^a   Torino, Francesco ^a   Auriti, Antonio ^a   Marcello, Roberta ^a   Lanzi, Giovanna ^a   Cortese, Francesco ^a   Gasparini, Giampietro ^a  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART METASTASIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; PLEURA METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FATALITY; HEART TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE;

EID: 16644370224     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2004.10.198     Document Type: Article

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