Malignant schwannoma metastasizing to the heart
Menezes Júnior, A.d.S.; Greco, O.T.; Fiorini, M.; Pavarino, P.; Corbucci, H.; Caixeta, A.M.
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 58(1): 35-39
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0066-782X PMID: 1444865 Document Number: 400603
We introduce the case of a 34-year-old male with a malignant metastasizing tumor in the heart associated with skin manifestations. The patient was submitted to heart surgery to resect the tumor. The correct diagnosis was done by pathological findings and immunohistochemical methods and showed, malignant schwannoma.