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<p>Malignant tumors of the heart are rare. Even rarer, however, are metastases to the heart from cancers originating from the gastrointestinal tract. This case report involves a 63-year-old patient who presented into the clinic with a gastric ulcer and subsequent haemorrhage, and who died after sudden cardiac arrest. Autopsy revealed a metastatic involvement of the heart muscle from low-grade carcinoma of the stomach, as well as many other organ metastases.</p>
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Malignant tumors of the heart are rare. Even rarer, however, are metastases to the heart from cancers originating from the gastrointestinal tract. This case report involves a 63-year-old patient who presented into the clinic with a gastric ulcer and subsequent haemorrhage, and who died after sudden cardiac arrest. Autopsy revealed a metastatic involvement of the heart muscle from low-grade carcinoma of the stomach, as well as many other organ metastases.

“The Rhythm of Cancer” – Unexpected Autopsy Finding in a Patient with Gastric Ulceration

Department of General and Clinical Pathology, Medical Faculty

Acta Medica Bulgarica

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Malignant tumors of the heart are rare. Even rarer, however, are metastases to the heart from cancers originating from the gastrointestinal tract. This case...

“The Rhythm of Cancer” – Unexpected Autopsy Finding in a Patient with Gastric Ulceration

Published Online: Oct 22, 2021

Page range: 38 - 40

Received: May 25, 2020

Accepted: Aug 31, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amb-2021-0034

Keywords
autopsy, cardiac metastases, gastric cancer

© 2021 J. Ananiev et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

“The Rhythm of Cancer” – Unexpected Autopsy Finding in a Patient with Gastric Ulceration

Published Online: Oct 22, 2021

Page range: 38 - 40

Received: May 25, 2020

Accepted: Aug 31, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amb-2021-0034

Keywordsautopsy, cardiac metastases, gastric cancer

© 2021 J. Ananiev et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
autopsy, cardiac metastases, gastric cancer