Key result
A 27-year-old woman with uterine cervical carcinoma developed rare antemortem-diagnosed cardiac metastasis following a decrease in platelet count, and died three weeks after confirmation.
Population
27-year-old woman with stage Ib1 uterine cervical carcinoma who developed cardiac metastasis
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
Died 3 weeks after intracardiac tumor was confirmed
Authors
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Antemortem cardiac metastasis from cervical carcinoma may present with thrombocytopenia; leaves open whether platelet monitoring aids early detection.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the rare antemortem diagnosis of cardiac metastasis from cervical carcinoma, suggesting consideration of this complication in terminal patients presenting with unexplained thrombocytopenia.
Okamoto et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Cardiac metastasis from uterine cervical carcinoma (n=1). Clinical observation was evaluated. A 27-year-old woman with uterine cervical carcinoma developed rare antemortem-diagnosed cardiac metastasis following a decrease in platelet count, and died three weeks after confirmation.
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