Open AccessRare case of cardiac metastasis in a patient with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of foot detected on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission Tomography–Computed tomography
Author(s) -
Girish Kumar Parida,
Adarsh Kumar,
Subrata Kumar Mitra,
Akchata Suman,
Gopal Sonai Muthu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_31_20
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , metastasis , fluorodeoxyglucose , radiology , lymph , biopsy , basal cell , tomography , pathology , computed tomography , carcinoma , positron emission , nuclear medicine , cancer
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) metastasizes most commonly to the regional lymph nodes and lungs. Metastasis to heart, although described in literature, is a very rare phenomenon. We present the 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography findings in a 50-year-old woman who was a biopsy-proven case of SCC left foot, showing cardiac metastasis in addition to lymph nodes, lungs, and skeletal metastases.