title: Cardiac metastasis of cloacagenic carcinoma of the vagina: a case and review of gynecologic malignancies with cardiac metastasis.
abstract: We report of a case of a 44-year-old woman with a vaginal cloacagenic carcinoma who initially presented with a hymenal lesion that metastasized first to the perihilar lymph nodes and then consequently to the right ventricle. The embryological tumor is rare with only a few cases of vaginal or vulvar involvement. We present the first case of cloacagenic cancer of the vagina with metastasis to the heart. The lesion was surgically resected after completion of neoadjuvant therapy. Herein we present this unique case and the clinical manifestations of intracardiac and pericardial lesions from gynecologic malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Dusenbery
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Twiggs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy