A case of cardiac metastases from head and neck cancer presenting as hyperdense armored heart.
Int Cancer Conf J
; 11(1): 23-26, 2022 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
Cardiac metastases from head and neck cancers are sometimes found at autopsy, but are rarely found before death; therefore, case reports are uncommon. In this report, we describe a case of cardiac metastasis from head and neck cancer. Although asymptomatic at the time of detection, positron emission tomography-computed tomography was effective in ascertaining the diagnosis. However, patients with cardiac metastases usually have a poor prognosis, and unfortunately, the patient died shortly after detection. At autopsy, the patient had a "hyperdense armored heart" owing to a huge pericardial metastases. Here, we report the imaging and autopsy findings of a hyperdense armored heart owing to cardiac metastases from head and neck cancer.
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Int Cancer Conf J
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2022
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