title: Extensive metastasectomy for a single lesion with cardiac invasion.
abstract: Cardiac metastases are rare and considered a sign of end-stage oncologic disease. A lack of telltale clinical symptoms leads to late detection, thus usually limiting surgical options. Modern diagnostic tools such as fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography, single-photon emission computed tomography, or cardiac magnetic resonance imaging could allow for timely detection and open up new therapeutic options. Highly selected oligometastatic patients may benefit from extensive surgical procedures including transmyocardial resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Klinikum Ibbenbüren, Ibbenbüren, Germany. p.zardo@klinikum-ibbenbueren.de
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zardo
authors.forename: Ruoyu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Issam
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ismael
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D059146:Metastasectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome