Intracavitary cardiac tumor secondary to carcinoma of the cervix: a case report

Carcinoma of the cervix spreading to the paracervical lymphatics is a common phenomenon followed by involvement of the para-aortic lymph nodes and subsequent distant metastases. The most common extranodal metastases sites are the lungs, followed by the liver and bones. The heart is an extremely rare metastatic target for carcinoma of the cervix. Furthermore, the majority of cardiac metastases involve the pericardium and endocardium and are particularly rare. We present the case of a 56-year-old woman with recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix who died after aggressive multimodality treatment including concurrent chemoradiotherapy and surgical intervention. The patient died suddenly and the autopsy showed disseminated carcinomatosis with portal vein, hepatic vein, inferior vena cava and right ventricular tumor emboli.