Cardiac metastasis from gastric adenocarcinoma: A rare case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and significance

Cardiac dissemination of gastric adenocarcinoma represents an exceedingly uncommon clinical scenario. To date, there is an absence of documentation concerning the presence of tumor emboli within the cardiac chambers originating from gastric cancer, particularly following a possible transvenous migration.

Case presentation

This report delineates the clinical journey of a 60-year-old female diagnosed with inoperable diffuse gastric adenocarcinoma, who developed cardiac metastases.

Clinical discussion

The prognostication of isolated cardiac metastasis in oncology patients is fraught with difficulty due to its infrequency and non-specific clinical manifestations. While systematic screening for cardiac metastasis is not part of standard oncolo

SUBMITTER: Jahanshahi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11318462 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature