Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 7, 2005; 11(13): 2048-2049
Published online Apr 7, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i13.2048
Cardiac metastases of gallbladder carcinoma
Tomoko Inoue, Katsuya Shiraki, Hiroyuki Fuke, Yutaka Yamanaka, Kazumi Miyashita, Keiichi Ito, Masahiro Suzuki, Kazushi Sugimoto, Kazumoto Murata, Takeshi Nakano
Tomoko Inoue, Katsuya Shiraki, Hiroyuki Fuke, Yutaka Yamanaka, Kazumi Miyashita, Keiichi Ito, Masahiro Suzuki, Kazushi Sugimoto, Kazumoto Murata, Takeshi Nakano, First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Katsuya Shiraki, MD., PhD. First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie, 514-8507 Japan. katsuyas@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp
Telephone: +81-59-231-5015
Received: August 14, 2004
Revised: August 15, 2004
Accepted: September 10, 2004
Published online: April 7, 2005
Abstract

This report describes the case of a 68-year-old woman diagnosed with advanced gallbladder cancer, whose autopsy revealed multiple metastases, including cardiac metastases.

Keywords: Gallbladder cancer; Metastasis; Metastatic cardiac tumor