Highlights a rare case of left-ventricular cardiac metastasis originating from primary cervical squamous cell carcinoma.
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Raises awareness of rare cardiac metastasis in cervical cancer; leaves open questions on detection and management in advanced disease.
Metastasis to the heart has been previously described with primary lung and breast carcinoma, lymphoma, leukaemia, mesothelioma and melanoma. However, left-ventricular cardiac metastasis from primary cervical squamous cell carcinoma is poorly described. This report describes the clinical presentation of a patient with cardiac metastatic invasion from cervical cancer.
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