Metastatic spread of cervical carcinoma to the right ventricle and pulmonary arteries: diagnosis by ultrafast computed tomography.
A case of previously undiagnosed cervical carcinoma metastatic to the right ventricular cavity and the central and peripheral pulmonary arteries is presented. The usefulness of ultrafast computed tomography in comparison with echocardiography for the evaluation of suspected metastatic diseases to the heart and pulmonary arteries is discussed.
Cutrone
J A
JA
Department of Radiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90509, USA.
Georgiou
D
D
Yospur
L S
LS
Shapiro
S M
SM
Ginzton
L
L
Smith
D
D
Brundage
B H
BH
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*