TUMORS OF THE HEART. II. REPORT OF A SECONDARY TUMOR OF THE HEART INVOLVING THE PERICARDIUM AND THE BUNDLE OF HIS WITH REMISSION FOLLOWING DEEP ROENTGEN-RAY THERAPY
Authors: Samuel A. Shelburne, Howard S. Aronson
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1940)

Case Reports1 October 1940TUMORS OF THE HEART. II. REPORT OF A SECONDARY TUMOR OF THE HEART INVOLVING THE PERICARDIUM AND THE BUNDLE OF HIS WITH REMISSION FOLLOWING DEEP ROENTGEN-RAY THERAPYSAMUEL A. SHELBURNE, M.D., F.A.C.P., HOWARD S. ARONSON, M.D.SAMUEL A. SHELBURNE, M.D., F.A.C.P., HOWARD S. ARONSON, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-4-728 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe first paper of this series1included a description of the first reported case of a primary tumor of the heart recognized before death in a patient in whom there was no previous knowledge of tumor elsewhere in the body.†The diagnosis was simple and logical, the same reasoning being applied to a rapidly recurring sanguinous pericardial fluid that has been applied many times to a similar pleural effusion. In that report it was suggested that roentgen-ray therapy might have helped the patient had it been tried early. Curiously enough, as often happens in the practice of medicine, we soon...Bibliography1. SHELBURNE SA: Primary tumors of the heart, with special reference to certain features which led to a logical and correct diagnosis before death, ANN. INT. MED., 1935, ix, 340. LinkGoogle Scholar2. STROUSE S: Primary benign tumor of the heart of forty-three years' duration, Arch. Int. Med., 1938, lxii, 401. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. YATER WM: Tumors of the heart and pericardium, Arch. Int. Med., 1931, xlviii, 627. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BARNESBEAVERSNELL ABDCAM: Primary sarcoma of the heart: report of a case with electrocardiographic and pathological studies, Am. Heart Jr., 1934, ix, 480. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Dallas, Texas*Received for publication May 15, 1939.From the Baylor University College of Medicine and the Cardiac Clinic of the Baylor University Hospital.†Solomon Strouse, in his recent article,2 pointed out that we had erred in giving Pavlowski credit for the first diagnosis of a primary tumor of the heart. It seems that Pavlowski discovered his tumor at the time of autopsy and "reasoned backward from the autopsy protocol and showed how and why these symptoms were produced." Wallace Yater, whose recent excellent article3 was also in error on this point, restudied these reports at my request and was able to confirm Strouse's statement. Strouse also cited the report by Barnes et al.4 of a rhabdomyosarcoma of the heart. The tumor was discovered first in the deltoid muscle, and later developments led to the diagnosis of a tumor of the heart. Since this tumor was first discovered outside the heart, their case was regarded as an entirely different diagnostic problem. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCardiac metastasesMetastatic Carcinoid to the Conducting System—Is It a Rare or Merely Unrecognized Manifestation of Carcinoid Cardiopathy?Squamous Cell Metastasis from the Tongue to the Myocardium Presenting as Pericardial EffusionSuccessful management of malignant pericardial effusion in metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervixHeart Block in Leukemia and LymphomaCongestive heart failure and endocardial fibroelastosis caused by chronic lymphocytic leukemiaIntrathoracic lymphoma associated with atrial arrhythmias and atrioventricular conduction defectsReticulum-cell sarcoma with intracardiac metastasesConservative management of malignant pericardial effusionRemission of cardiac lymphoma with supervoltage radiationErkrankungen und Tumoren des MediastinumsProgressive injury current with metastatic tumor of the heartComplete Atrioventricular Block due to Cardiac Metastasis of Bronchogenic CarcinomaMetastatic leiomyosarcoma of the heart∗Metastatic Cancer to the HeartMetastatic Reticulum Cell Sarcoma of the Heart Causing Complete Heart BlockChaotic heart due to metastatic synoviomaCardiac Rupture due to Metastases from a Carcinoma of the AntrumDie Erkrankungen und Geschwülste des MediastinumsSUCCESSFUL REMOVAL OF TUMOR OF THE HEARTHemangio-endothelioblastoma of the heart 1 October 1940Volume 14, Issue 4Page: 728-736KeywordsAutopsyHeartHospital medicineMusclesMyocardiumPericardiumPleural effusionReasoning ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1940 PDF downloadLoading ...