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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Published in: Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 3/2014

01-09-2014 | Case Report

Diagnosis of Cardiac Metastasis from Endometrial Cancer by F-18 FDG-PET/CT

Authors: T. Liu, S. Khan, S. Behr, C. Mari Aparici

Published in: Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 3/2014

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Abstract

We report a case of a 59-year-old woman with right ventricular metastasis of undifferentiated endometrial cancer. Cardiac metastasis from endometrial cancer is a very rare finding. The case demonstrates that undifferentiated endometrial cancer is capable of metastasizing, presumably through a hematogenous route, to unexpected distant organs. These unexpected sites should not be undermined in the restaging and surveillance of these patients.
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Metadata
Title
Diagnosis of Cardiac Metastasis from Endometrial Cancer by F-18 FDG-PET/CT
Authors
T. Liu
S. Khan
S. Behr
C. Mari Aparici
Publication date
01-09-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 3/2014
Print ISSN: 1869-3474
Electronic ISSN: 1869-3482
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-014-0265-5

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