Cardiac metastasis after squamous cell carcinoma of the base of tongue.
OBJECTIVE
Metastases to the heart are rare. We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the base of tongue secondarily complicated with cardiac metastasis 6 months after surgical treatment resulted in successful local control.


METHODS
The lesion was found using computerized axial tomography in a patient with minimal cardiologic symptoms.


RESULTS
The patient died shortly due to complications of his metastatic disease. No curative treatment was possible.


CONCLUSIONS
Cardiac metastasis should be suspected when new cardiovascular symptoms are observed in patients with a history of head and neck neoplasm. The prognosis of the condition typically is inevitably fatal.
Hans
Stéphane
S
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, René Descartes University (Paris V), Paris, France. stephane.hans@egp.aphp.fr
Chauvet
Dorian
D
Sadoughi
Babak
B
Brasnu
Daniel F
DF
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005927:Glossectomy; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy