title: FDG-PET and chemotherapy for successful diagnosis and treatment of cardiac metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer.
abstract: Non-small cell lung cancer was metastasized at the septal side of right atrium in 59-year-old woman who had undergone surgery for lung cancer 11 years ago. The cardiac metastasis was found by whole-body 18F-fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT), and cytologically confirmed by myocardial aspiration biopsy with right heart catheterization. The patient was treated with 4 cycles of carboplatin/pemetrexed followed by maintenance therapy with pemetrexed. The metastatic cardiac tumor shrank, and the atrioventricular (AV) block in ECG was improved. In this case, FDG-PET and chemotherapy were valuable for diagnosis and treatment of cardiac metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer.
authors: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kumamoto University Hospital, Japan.
authors: Ryo
authors: R
authors: Sato
authors: Hidenori
authors: H
authors: Ichiyasu
authors: Sho
authors: S
authors: Saeki
authors: Shinya
authors: S
authors: Sakata
authors: Ji-ichirou
authors: J
authors: Sasaki
authors: Kazuhiko
authors: K
authors: Fujii
authors: Naoki
authors: N
authors: Saita
authors: Hirotsugu
authors: H
authors: Kohrogi
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005971:Glutamates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006147:Guanine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008875:Middle Aged; D000068437:Pemetrexed; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
chemical_list: D005971:Glutamates; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D000068437:Pemetrexed; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006147:Guanine; D016190:Carboplatin