Isolated Cardiac Metastasis from Colorectal Cancer in a 35-Year-Old Man | Zendy

Jacopo Pizzicannella | Zendy; Vincenzo Ricci | Zendy; Riccardo Gorla | Zendy; Elena Giulia Spinapolice | Zendy; Antonio Esposito | Zendy

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Isolated Cardiac Metastasis from Colorectal Cancer in a 35-Year-Old Man

Author(s) -

Jacopo Pizzicannella,

Vincenzo Ricci,

Riccardo Gorla,

Elena Giulia Spinapolice,

Antonio Esposito

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2012/751761

Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , metastasis , cardiac magnetic resonance , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , presentation (obstetrics) , disease , biopsy , cancer , oncology

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.

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