Cardiac tumors pathophysiology

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]; Varun Kumar, M.B.B.S.

Pathophysiology

• Emboli into coronary arteries
• Retrograde flow through cardiac lymphatics
• Direct extension from mediastinum
• Emboli or spread via great veins => endocardial metastases

• Hypernephroma
• Testicular sarcoma
• IVC leiomyosarcoma
• Ovarian cancer
• Colon cancer

Pathology

Gross Pathological Findings