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Published on: July 25, 2011
Cardiac metastasis of oral squamous cell carcinoma
Neeraj Pattni1, Andrew Rennie1, Timothy Hall1
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Worcester Royal Hospital, Worcester, UK.
Abstract:
We present a case of isolated cardiac metastasis of oral squamous cell carcinoma. An 89-year-old woman was due to undergo curative resection of a histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of the retromolar region. On admission, it was noted that there were ECG changes, and following further investigations, the patient was diagnosed with a cardiac metastasis of her oral malignancy. The presentation, including the diagnostic difficulties, as well as the clinical features of this rare case, are discussed.
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