title: Cardiac metastasis after squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity: case report.
abstract: A 58-year-old woman presented with respiratory problems 6 months after she had had a squamous cell carcinoma in the oral cavity resected. We found on computed tomography a large lesion in the cardiac muscle. There were no abnormalities in the electrocardiogram. The patient died 7 days later and necropsy confirmed a solitary metastasis in the myocardium that originated from a squamous cell carcinoma of the mouth.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 7, 8036 Graz, Austria. Wolfgang.zemann@meduni-graz.at <Wolfgang.zemann@meduni-graz.at>
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zemann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feichtinger
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kowatsch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schanbacher
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kärcher
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*