Key result
Routine echo and cardiac MRI reveal asymptomatic LV metastasis in metastatic laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
Why the study?
Cardiac tumors are relatively uncommon, mostly secondary, and usually clinically silent, with myocardial metastases from laryngeal cancer being rarely reported.
Population
A 71-year-old man with metastatic laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma
Design
Case report
Authors
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Cardiac metastases merit consideration in cancer patients with cardiac masses even if asymptomatic; this case report leaves open the role of routine screening.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the importance of considering cardiac metastases in the differential diagnosis of cardiac masses in patients with underlying malignancy, even when asymptomatic.
Elshiekh et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma with cardiac metastasis (n=1). Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma was evaluated on Detection of cardiac metastasis. Routine echocardiography and cardiac MRI revealed an asymptomatic left ventricular metastasis in a 71-year-old man with metastatic laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
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