Lymphatic metastasis in the mitral valve.
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Lymphatic metastasis in the mitral valve.
Involvement of the heart by metastatic neoplasm is not uncommon. Postmortem studies of patients with malignant disease show that cardiac involvement occurs in up to 21 per cent of cases (Bisel, Wr6blewski, and LaDue, 1953). The pericardium, epicardium, and myocardium are the areas of the heart most commonly involved by secondary tumour; spread to the endocardium and heart valves is rare (Coller...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1977
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.39.2.218