This case report highlights the rare occurrence of a pancreatobiliary tumor metastasizing exclusively to the left ventricle, diagnosed via CCT and echocardiography.
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Alerts clinicians to isolated LV metastasis in symptomatic pancreatobiliary cancer; first report leaves open true incidence and diagnostic vigilance.
Metastatic disease to the heart is not uncommon. We describe a case of a man in his 60s with an unusual metastasis to the heart and detail its intracardiac location by means of cardiac computerized tomography (CCT) and transthoracic echocardiography. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a pancreatobiliary tumor metastasizing exclusively to the left ventricle (LV) of the heart.
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