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Cardiac Metastases and a Sudden Death as a Complication of Advanced Stage of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Marcel Marjanović Kavanagh orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-9084-6787 ; University of Zagreb, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery,
Saša Janjanin ; University of Zagreb, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery,
Drago Prgomet ; University of Zagreb, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery,


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str. 19-21

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Sažetak

In head and neck squamous cell carcinoma distant metastases are rare and metastases to the heart are extremely rare. In this report we present a patient with a sublingual and laryngeal carcinoma with metastases to lung and heart. Cardiac metastases present with non-specific symptoms that depends on the size and location of the metastases. The ideal tools for diagnosing cardiac metastases are echocardiography and cardiac MRI. CT scan could be used as a screening method of distant metastases in head and neck cancer. The treatment of cardiac metastases is generally ineffective.

Ključne riječi

cardiac metastases; sudden death; head neck cancer; tongue

Hrčak ID:

96444

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/96444

Datum izdavanja:

2.1.2013.

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