Antemortem diagnosis of an endomyocardial breast cancer metastasis by transvenous endomyocardial biopsy

E B Lieberman; J Arthur; C Steenbergen; T M Bashore

doi:10.1378/chest.103.4.1280

Antemortem diagnosis of an endomyocardial breast cancer metastasis by transvenous endomyocardial biopsy

Chest. 1993 Apr;103(4):1280-1. doi: 10.1378/chest.103.4.1280.

Authors

E B Lieberman¹, J Arthur, C Steenbergen, T M Bashore

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.

PMID: 8131486
DOI: 10.1378/chest.103.4.1280

Abstract

Endomyocardial breast cancer metastases are extremely rare and have previously been diagnosed antemortem only through median sternotomy and cardiotomy. We report a case of endomyocardial breast cancer metastasis which was diagnosed antemortem by transvenous endomyocardial biopsy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
Biopsy*
Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
Endocardium
Female
Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Heart Neoplasms / secondary*
Humans
Middle Aged
Myocardium