title: Intracardiac metastasis from known cervical cancer: a case report and literature review.
abstract: Cardiac metastasis from known cervical cancer is rare. Even through a routine check-up, this type of metastasis can present as pulmonary emboli. Suspicion of this diagnosis in an oncology patient with complicating pulmonary emboli but no evidence of deep vein thrombosis is important, especially in cervical cancer patients with extensive pelvic lymph node metastasis and vascular invasion of a primary tumor. Early recognition may aid in improving the prognosis. We present a case of intracardiac metastasis arising from a squamous carcinoma of the cervix in a patient with pulmonary tumor emboli and review other cases from the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul St, Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Seoul, 505 Banpo-Dong, Seocho-Gu, Seoul 137-040, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Byun
authors.forename: Sung Taek
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Eun Young
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Ki
authors.forename: Hyun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Suk Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Jong Sup
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D011379:Prognosis; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy