title: [Metastatic tumor of the right ventricle: an unusual location of tumor involvement in laryngeal carcinoma].
abstract: Secondary tumors are much more frequent than primary tumors, but cardiac metastasis of laryngeal carcinoma is uncommon. The authors report the case of a 71-year-old man, with a history of laryngeal carcinoma, admitted to the emergency room with symptoms of two weeks' evolution suggestive of respiratory infection. Due to lack of therapeutic response and progressive clinical deterioration, a transthoracic echocardiogram was performed which revealed a large infiltrating mass within the right ventricle, involving the apex, interventricular septum and free wall, not causing significant right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Evaluation by computed tomography showed signs of widespread metastasis from the previously diagnosed laryngeal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital de S. João, Porto, Portugal. inesrang@gmail.com
authors.forename: Inês
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rangel
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.forename: Filipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Macedo
authors.forename: Maria Júlia
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Maciel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male