Key result
Histology confirms a cardiac tumor as metastatic nonkeratinizing cell carcinoma from the uterine cervix.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights that metastatic involvement of the myocardium from uterine cervical carcinoma, though rare, can present with ischemic chest pain and be diagnosed premorbidly.
Cardiac metastasis from cervical cancer may present with ischemic symptoms allowing premorbid diagnosis; single case leaves open incidence and management questions.
Metastatic involvement of the myocardium is a rare premorbid diagnosis. Multiple examinations were performed on a 43-year-old woman who presented with ischemic chest pain, palpitations, and nausea. Twelve months previously, a poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix was removed with no evidence of metastases or residual tumor. Following numerous investigations, a provisional diagnosis of cardiac tumor was made. At operation, involvement of the septum, inferior wall, and apex with some extension into the distal anterior wall was noted. Histology confirmed nonkeratinizing cell carcinoma in keeping with metastases from the uterine cervix.
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Antico et al. (1986) conducted a case report in Metastatic uterine cervical cell carcinoma to myocardium (n=1). Surgical operation and histological examination was evaluated on Diagnosis of cardiac tumor. Histological examination of a cardiac tumor in a 43-year-old woman confirmed nonkeratinizing cell carcinoma metastatic from the uterine cervix.
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