Cardiac metastasis from colorectal cancer: A case report

Table 1 Clinical features of cardiac metastasis from colorectal cancer reported in English literature

Author (yr)	Age/sex	Location of primary tumor	Primary tumor stage	Diagnosis of cardiac metastasis made by/at	Location of heart	Metastatic tumor size (cm)	Operation of metastatic mass	Outcome
Henuzet (1982)[13]	60/M	Rectum	NA	Echocardiography	Right ventricle	2	Resection	Dead
Massachusetts General Hospital (1992)[12]	75/M	Colon	NA	Autopsy	Right ventricle	7.5 × 4.5 × 4	No	Dead
Parravicini (1993)[8]	47/M	Rectum	NA	Surgery	Right ventricle	10 × 4 × 3.5	Resection	Dead
Testempassi (1994)[7]	71/F	Colon	Stage III	Magnetic resonance imaging	Right ventricle	NA	NA	NA
Lord (1999)[6]	71/M	Rectum	Dukes’ C	Biopsy	Right ventricle	NA	No	Dead
Koizumi[11] (2003)	65/M	Rectum	Dukes’ C	Surgery	Right atrium	6 × 5	Resection	Dead
Present case (2009)	70/F	Colon	T4N2	Surgery	Right atrium	5.5 × 5 × 3	Resection	Dead

NA: No available information; M: Male; F: Female.