title: Asymptomatic myocardial metastasis from cancers of upper aero-digestive tract detected on FDG PET/CT: a series of 4 cases.
abstract: Metastatic involvement of the heart is a rare occurrence and remains undiagnosed until autopsy. In some instances, patients may have cardiac symptoms, leading to ante-mortem diagnosis. Although most primary cancers have been documented to metastasize to heart, the existing literature on cancers of upper aero-digestive tract is an exception, with only a few reports. We report four cases of upper aero-digestive tract cancers, three of which arise from oral cavity, one from lower esophagus, metastasising to the myocardium, detected on 18 F - Fluoro-deoxy-glucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (FDG PET/CT) study , in the absence of related symptoms.
authors.forename: Ameya D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Puranik
authors.forename: Nilendu C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Purandare
authors.forename: Sheela
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawant
authors.forename: Archi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Sneha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Prafful
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jatale
authors.forename: Venkatesh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rangarajan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18