Growing rats and adult weight-stable mice bearing a transplantable methylcholanthrene-induced sarcoma were compared with animals with various states of malnutrition. Heart protein synthesis was measured in vivo. Myocardial RNA, myofibrillar protein composition and the Ca2+-activated ATPase activity in heavy chains of native myosin were measured. 'Fingerprints' were made from myosin by trypsin t...

the presentation treatment and postoperative progress of two patients with pearly intraspinal eptdermcids is described. in one of the patients the tumour recurred after the first removal. necessitating a second operation. despite serious distur bances of gait both patients improved following surgery. the literature in respect of these tumours. is reviewed

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION Intracardiac tumours move both with breathing and with the cardiac cycle; they therefore pose unique problems for radiotherapy delivery. Conventional radiotherapy must encompass the tumour with a margin to account for this motion, and the prescription is limited by myocardial radiation tolerance. The greater accuracy of radiosurgery allows higher radiation-dose deposition, wi...

The occurrence of synchronous but unrelated cardiac and soft tissue tumours is extremely rare. Here we describe the case of a 62-year-old man who had a left ventricular myxoma and an unrelated synchronous malignant fibrous histiocytoma. The patient first underwent successful resection of the soft tissue tumour and in the same session emergency resection of the cardiac mass under cardiopulmonary...

Cardiac hemangioma is a rare primary benign tumour, localised in the right atrium in 23% of cases. In a 60-year-old patient, who complained of remote chest discomfort and recent exertional palpitation, a right atrial mass was discovered by magnetic resonance imaging and echocardiography. A selective operation was performed and the tumour was resected. Histology revealed it to be a cavernous hem...

Primary cardiac tumours are extremely rare with the most commonest being left atrial myxomas. In general, surgical resection is indicated, whenever the tumour formation is mobile and embolization can be suspected. Within 17280 patients receiving heart surgery at the Innsbruck Medical University, 78 patients (0.45%) underwent tumourectomy of primary cardiac tumours. The majority of patients (63)...

A FEMALE INFANT WAS BORN WITH A SUSPECTED diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis. At 3 days of age, three-dimensional echocardiogram (IE 33, 3DQ-QLAB advanced software, Philips), with multiplane mode (Fig 1), real-time imaging (Fig 2), and full volume (Fig 3) allowed detailed visualisation of two highly echogenic and well-circumscribed cardiac masses. The first large lesion was attached by a broad bas...