Cardiac metastasis from a stage IIIb cervix carcinoma

Acta Cardiol. 2005 Feb;60(1):73-5. doi: 10.2143/AC.60.1.2005055.

Abstract

We report the case of a 37-year-old woman with a right ventricular mass (detected by echocardiography and PET-CT) associated with cervical cancer. After radiation therapy there was no more evidence for a mass in the right ventricle. We wish to stress that, although the outcome for cervical cancer with cardiac metastases is still very poor, prognosis has improved with advanced imaging technology and radiation therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / therapy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Echocardiography, Doppler
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Heart Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Heart Neoplasms / therapy
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
  • Risk Assessment
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / therapy