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. 2021 Oct-Dec;36(4):459-461.
doi: 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_40_21. Epub 2021 Dec 15.

Right Intraventricular Metastasis of Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma Detected on 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography

Fenna Ahsino  1 , Adil Zegmout  1 , Hicham Souhi  1 , ElOuazzani H Hanane  1 , Ismail Rhorfi  1 , Ahmed Abid  1
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Right Intraventricular Metastasis of Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma Detected on 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography

Fenna Ahsino et al. Indian J Nucl Med. 2021 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

Cardiac metastasis from lung cancer is rare. They are clinically silent and often diagnosed only postmortem. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides interesting information about the tissue characterization and vascularization of the tumor. The 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) shows hypermetabolism in the cardiac metastasis. We present a case of a 74-year-old male, diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, who underwent cardiac MRI which showed a right intracavitary mass. We share interesting images, detected on 18F-FDG PET/CT, of cardiac metastasis.

Keywords: 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography; cardiac metastasis; lung cancer; magnetic resonance imaging.

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Figures

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Figure 1
Echocardiography showing an intracardiac mass at the apical part of right ventricle
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Figure 2
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: Sagittal (a), coronal (b), and axial (c) images showing an intracardiac mass of the right ventricle
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Figure 3
(a) Maximum-intensity projection image showing fluorodeoxyglucose avid lesions in the left lung and the heart with mediastinal, hilar, and coelio-mesenteric hypermetabolic pathologic lymph nodes in addition to an intensive uptake on the left iliac wing. Corresponding axial computed tomography (b) and fused positron emission tomography-computed tomography images (c) showing posterobasal hypermetabolic left pulmonary mass associated with a hypermetabolic right anterior-inferior intracardiac mass. Sagittal images of the computed tomography (d) and fused positron emission tomography-computed tomography (e) at the level of heart lesion showing increased fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in anterior-inferior part of the heart with mediastinal hypermetabolic pathologic lymph nodes and hypermetabolic mass of the left iliac wing
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