title: Disseminated disease including intra-cardiac metastasis from intermediate trophoblastic tumor of unspecified subtype, presenting in pregnancy.
abstract: •Cardiac metastasis is a rare manifestation of trophoblastic malignancy•Previous cases have exclusively been reported in choriocarcinoma histology•Our case describes cardiac metastasis, as part of disseminated disease, from an intermediate trophoblastic tumor.•Our patient initially responded systemically to chemotherapy for a brief duration•However, she died from CNS failure 4½ months after diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia; The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Molecular and Cellular pathology, The University of Queensland, Australia; Pathology Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Australia.
authors.forename: Mahendra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Pathology Queensland, Gold Coast University Hospital, Australia.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia; The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Zarnie
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lwin
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia; The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eastgate