The heart in gastrointestinal, hepatobilier & pancreatic tumors
The heart in gastrointestinal, hepatobilier & pancreatic tumors | |
HEART: Colon Cancer Metastasis: Note massive infiltration of right ventricle and atrium. Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Overview
Histopathological Changes
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HEART: Colon Cancer Metastasis: Note massive infiltration of right ventricle and atrium.
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HEART: Metastatic Carcinoma: Micro med mag H&E, a small metastasis in myocardium, stomach is primary
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HEART: Sinus Node Fibrosis: Micro low mag trichrome, a nice photo to illustrate this lesion in 67yo Female with resected colon carcinoma metastases, infectious complications and arrhythmia
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HEART: Marantic endocarditis in a patient with pancreas cancer
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HEART: Thrombotic Nonbacterial Endocarditis: Gross natural color close-up well shown vegetations on all three cusps of aortic valve. A case of carcinoma of tail of pancreas
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HEART: Thrombotic Nonbacterial Endocarditis: Gross natural color close-up large vegetations on anterior and posterior leaflets of mitral valve. A case of carcinoma of tail of pancreas
References
Additional Resources
- Reversible dilated cardiomyopathy associated with glucagonoma K Chang-Chretien, J T Chew, and D P Judge. Heart. 2004 July; 90(7): e44. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.036905. PMID 1768315
See Also
- The Heart in Breast Cancer
- The Heart in Gynecologic Tumors
- The Heart in Head and Neck Tumors
- The heart in leukemias
- The Heart in Lung Cancers
- The Heart in Lymphomas
- The Heart in Multiple Myeloma
- The Heart in Osteosarcomas
- The Heart in Peritoneal and Mesothelial Tumors
- The Heart in Primary Myocardial Tumors
- The Heart in Skin Cancers
- The Heart in Thyroid and Parathyroid Cancers
- The Heart in Tumors that Originated from Vascular Structure
- The Heart in Urinary System Tumors
- The Heart in Central and Peripheral Nervous System Cancers