CLINICAL ASPECTS OF PERICARDIAL METASTASIS
Authors: Ben R. Heninger
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1934)

Article1 May 1934CLINICAL ASPECTS OF PERICARDIAL METASTASISBEN R. HENINGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.BEN R. HENINGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-11-1359 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMetastatic lesions of the heart and pericardium have never attracted much attention from a clinical point of view. A thorough review of the literature reveals that only five cases of secondary tumors in the heart and pericardium have been diagnosed ante mortem. In one of the four cases which we are reporting in this paper the diagnosis was made during the life of the patient.CASE IA white man, 42 years of age, was admitted to Charity Hospital complaining of pain and swelling of the left side of the chest. The initial symptoms were pain in the left shoulder...Bibliography1. KARRENSTEIN : Quoted by Yater.2 Google Scholar2. YATER WM: Tumors of the heart and pericardium; pathology, symptomatology and report of nine cases, Arch. Int. Med., 1931, xlviii, 627-666. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. MEROZ E: A clinical study of three cases of primary tumor of the heart, Internat. Clin., 1917, iv, 231-256. Google Scholar4. FISHBERG AM: Auricular fibrillation and flutter in metastatic growths of right auricle, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1930, clxxx, 629-634. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. RÖSLER OA: Vier seltenere Herzbefunde. Ein Beitrag zur Herzdiagnostik, Zentralbl. f. Herz.-u. Gefässkrankh., 1924, xvi, 261-265. Google Scholar6. WILLIUSAMBERG FAS: Two cases of secondary tumor of heart in children, in one of which diagnosis was made during life, Med. Clin. N. America, 1930, xiii, 1307-1316. Google Scholar7. LANFORD JA: (Director of Laboratories, Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, La.) Personal communication. Google Scholar8. ZEMANSKY AP: Examination of fluids for tumor cells; analysis of 113 cases checked against subsequent examination of tissue, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1928, clxxv, 489-504. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. BOYD W: Textbook of surgical pathology, 1931, W. B. Saunders and Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar10. GRAHAM GS: Identification of cancer cells in serous fluid as diagnostic measure, Jr. Med. Assoc. Alabama, 1933, iii, 13-16. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New Orleans, Louisiana*Received for publication March 7, 1934. From the Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Medical Center and the Divisions of Medicine, State Charity Hospital and Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, La.†Findings presented through courtesy of Dr. Rigney D'Aunoy, Director of Laboratories, State Charity Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMalignant pericardial effusion secondary to metastatic breast carcinoma:A case of long-term remissionMEDIASTINAL PAIN IN BRONCHIAL CARCINOMASecondary Malignant Tumors of the PericardiumMetastatic Cancer to the HeartMelanomatosis involving the heartMetastatic tumors of the heartCarcinoma Diagnosed by Examination of Pericardial FluidMetastatic carcinoma as a cause of constrictive pericarditisMetastatic bronchiogenic carcinoma of the heartCardiac rupture associated with metastases to the heart from cardinoma of the duodenum 1 May 1934Volume 7, Issue 11Page: 1359-1369KeywordsHeartHospital medicineInflammationLesionsPericardiumShouldersThorax ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1934 PDF downloadLoading ...