Primary tumors of heart are less common than secondary involvement. Isolated cardiac metastasis usually rare and mostly it is associated with wide spread of malignant tumor. Diagnosis of cardiac metastasis is difficult due to lack of specific cardiac symptoms and presence of symptoms due to disseminated cancer. Cardiac metastasis have been found in autopsies of patients with various malignancies except tumors of central nervous symptoms. We observed cardiac metastasis in patient of gall bladder malignancy (adenocarcinoma) with involvement of various other organs.

Keywords: autopsy; cardiac metastasis; disseminated malignancy; gall bladder; adenocarcinoma.

1. Tamura A, Matsubara O, Yoshimura N, Kasuga T, Akagawa S, Aoki N. Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer: A study of metastatic pathways and clinical manifestations. Cancer. 1992;70:437-42.
2. Bussani R, De‐Giorgio F, Abbate A, Silvestri F. Cardiac metastases. Clin Pathol 2007;60:27–34.
3. Tas F, Mudun A, Kirma C. Cardiac involvement in melanoma: A case report and review of the literature. J Can Res Ther. 2010;6:359-61.
4. Chiles C, Woodard PK, Gutierrez FR, Link KM. Metastatic involvement of the heart and pericardium: CT and MR imaging. Radiographics. 2001;21:439-49.
5. Reynen K, Kockeritz U, Strasserb RH. Metastases to the heart. Onc. 2004;15: 375-81.
6. Dasappa L, Saldanha SC, Kuntegowdanahalli LC, Jacob LA, Babu G, Babu MS, et al. An unusual presentation of cardiac metastasis in breast cancer. Clin Cancer Investig J. 2016;5:89-91

Dr Padam Parmar

Department of Pathology, Dr S.N. Medical College Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Tel. No.: 9355149508