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Heart involvement by metastases of gallbladder carcinoma

Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2009

Abstract

We present a case of multiple dissemination including a rare metastatic cardiac involvement (endocardium, myocardium, pericardium) from the gallbladder carcinoma in a 67-year-old man. The incidence of gallbladder carcinoma is low, however, the malignancy is usually detected in a locally advanced stage.

We can suppose that the metastases of the heart will occur more frequently due to the longer survival of patients with an oncological diagnosis.