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Isolated cardiac metastasis from colorectal cancer in a 35-year-old man
Jacopo Pizzicannella1, Vincenzo Ricci, Riccardo Gorla
1Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Department, San Raffaele Hospital, 20132 Milan, Italy.
Abstract:
We present the case of a 35-year-old patient who was found to be affected by an isolated clinically silent cardiac metastasis despite a negative CT follow-up at one year from abdominal surgery for colorectal cancer. CT/PET and tumor marker GICA were fundamental in suggesting the diagnosis, which was then confirmed by cardiac magnetic resonance and surgical biopsy. This is a very rare modality of presentation of cardiac metastasis because of the young age of our patient and the absence of disease in other sites.
