Original scientific paper

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

Marcel Marjanović Kavanagh 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,

Abstract

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.

Keywords

cardiac metastases; sudden death; head neck cancer; tongue

Hrčak ID:

96444

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/96444

Publication date:

2.1.2013.

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