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Breast cancer metastasis to the left ventricle is a rare clinical occurrence that can be detected by transthoracic echocardiography.
This case report highlights the rare occurrence of breast cancer metastasizing to the left ventricle, which can be detected using transthoracic echocardiography.
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Should not yet change cardiac surveillance in breast cancer; leaves open the role of echocardiography in suspected metastasis.
Metastatic disease to the heart is a rare phenomenon. In this case report, we describe an unusual case of metastasis of breast cancer to the left side of the heart in an elderly lady, with its intracardiac location detected by means of transthoracic echocardiography. This is one of the few described case reports of breast cancer metastasizing to the left ventricle of the heart.
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Dasappa et al. (2016) studied this question. Breast cancer metastasis to the left ventricle is a rare clinical occurrence that can be detected by transthoracic echocardiography.
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