Primary cardiac sarcomas represent a group of rare and aggressive malignant mesenchymal neoplasms with a notoriously poor prognosis. They comprise a relatively small percentage of all primary neoplasms of the heart. Presenting clinical signs and symptoms associated with any cardiac sarcoma vary in accordance with the individual tumor’s particular site of origin in the heart (eg, left or right a...

Post-transplant lymphomas or other lymphoproliferative lesions, which were usually associated with Epstein-Barr virus infections, developed in 8, 4, 3, and 2 recipients, respectively, of cadaveric kidney, liver, heart, and heart-lung homografts. Reduction or discontinuance of immunosuppression caused regression of the lesions, often without subsequent rejection of the grafts. Chemotherapy and i...

The prevalence of cardiac malignant neoplasms in the general population has been shown to be significant higher than what was previously estimated, yet their treatment has remained difficult and effective therapies are lacking. In the current study, we developed a novel thermotherapy in which PEG-functionalized carbon nanotubes were injected into the tumor regions to assist in the targeted deli...

Despite the oft-quoted assertion that the heart is an organ too noble to be attacked by a primary tumour (de Senac, 1783), such neoplasms are being reported with increasing frequency. While these primary tumours may occur in any part of the heart they are least frequent on the valves and most common in the atria (Rucks, Russell, and Motley, 1963). We report a very unusual primary malignant hear...

INTRODUCTION Cardiac metastases are found in six to 20% of autopsies of patients with malignant neoplasm. The most common neoplasms that metastasize to the heart are malignant melanoma, lymphoma, and leukemia, but the relative numbers are greater with breast and lung cancers, reflecting the most common incidence of these cancers. CASE PRESENTATION A 60-year-old Hispanic man presented to our h...

Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas (IPMNs) are relatively common neoplasms, and some of IPMNs are known to progress to invasive or non-invasive adenocarcinomas. However, metastases to other organs, especially to the heart were extremely rare. This report describes a case of IPMN with a cardiac metastasis. A 83-year-old man with branch-duct type IPMN was found a tumor in th...

background esophageal, stomach, and colorectal cancers are commonly lethal gastrointestinal tract (git) neoplasms, causing almost two million deaths worldwide each year. some environmental risk factors are acknowledged; however, genetic defects can significantly contribute to predisposition to git cancers. accordingly, recent works have shown that single-nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) within m...

BACKGROUND Measuring the impact of competing risks of death on society is important for setting public health policy and allocating resources. However, various indicators may result in inconsistent conclusions. The potential gains in life expectancy (PGLE) by elimination of deaths from HIV/AIDS, diseases of the heart and malignant neoplasms were compared to the years of potential life lost (YPL...

The problems of cardio-vascular surgery in infancy cannot be satisfactorily included in this short review, which will deal with thoracic diseases other than those of the heart and great vessels. The problems will be considered under five headings:I. Oesophageal atresia and stenosis. 2. Diaphragmatic hernia. 3. Mediastinal cysts and neoplasms. 4. Lung cysts and infections. 5. Deformities of the ...