Key result
A patient with a primary diagnosis of oral tongue cancer developed a rare cardiac metastasis that was detected antemortem.
Why the study?
Cardiac metastasis from primary head and neck cancer is rare, and clear guidelines for diagnosis and management are lacking due to the infrequency of reported cases.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the rare occurrence and antemortem detection of cardiac metastasis in a patient with head and neck cancer.
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Rare cardiac metastasis from oral tongue cancer can be identified antemortem; extends sparse case literature but leaves optimal surveillance open.
Kim et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Cardiac metastasis from head and neck cancer (n=1). A patient with a primary diagnosis of oral tongue cancer developed a rare cardiac metastasis that was detected antemortem.
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