Cardiac Metastasis in a Living Patient With Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Metastatic cardiac tumors are mainly diagnosed postmortem, while cardiac metastases of laryngeal cancer are exceedingly rare. We report a case of laryngeal carcinoma with subsequent metastatic disease to the heart diagnosed nine months after surgical resection of laryngeal cancer. Additionally, we attempted to summarize published case reports of laryngeal cancer with cardiac metastasis. Retrospective chart review and literature search via PubMed and Google Scholar were performed. Twenty cases of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) with cardiac metastatic tumors were identified. We described demographics, typical features seen on diagnostic studies, and analyzed current literature on incidence, diagnostic studies, treatment options, and prognosis of secondary cardiac tumors. More data are needed to decide on the optimal treatment strategy for metastatic cardiac disease.