A Case of Cardiac Metastasis from Uterine Cervical Carcinoma

Table 1

Cases of reported antemortem diagnosis of cardiac metastasis from cervical carcinoma.

Year	Authors	Age	Stage	Symptoms	Diagnostic method	Prognosis	Autopsy	References
1967	Dibadj	56	II	SOB	Autopsy	Uncertain	Yes	[7]
1977	Charles et al.	46	IIIb	SOB	Biopsy	8 mo+	No	[8]
1979	Ritcher and Yon	32	IIb	SOB	Echocardiogram	15 d	Yes	[9]
1980	Greenwald et al.	77	IIIb	Dyspnea, SOB, and weakness	Autopsy	5 d	Yes	[10]
1981	Krivokapich et al.	32	IIIb	Chills, dyspnea, fever, and hemoptysis	Echocardiogram and operation	NS	Yes	[11]
1984	Itoh et al.	64	IIb	SOB	Echocardiogram	10 d	Yes	[12]
1986	Hands et al.	43	Ib	Chest pain, lethargy, and nausea	ECG, echocardiogram, and operation	5 mo	No	[13]
1987	Schaefer et al.	28	NS	Edema, SOB, and substernal heaviness	Echocardiogram	2 d	Yes	[14]
1990	Vargas-Barron et al.	55	NS	Aphasia and hemiparesis	Echocardiogram and operation	3 mo+	No	[15]
1990	Malviya et al.	37	IIIb	SOB	NS	3 mo	NS	[4]
1990	Malviya et al.	42	IIIb	Chest pain, cough, dysplasia, and SOB	Biopsy, CT, and echocardiogram	5 d	NS	[4]
1991	Lustig et al.	36	Ib	Chest pain	Echocardiogram	1 mo	No	[16]
1992	Hsu et al.	36	Ib	Cough and dyspnea	Biopsy and echocardiogram	9 mo	NS	[17]
1993	Kountz	28	IIb	Ileus	Biopsy and echocardiogram	3 mo	No	[18]
1993	Nelson and Rose	51	IV	SOB	Biopsy and echocardiogram	4 mo	No	[19]
1993	Nelson and Rose	61	IIIb	Cough and dyspnea	Biopsy and echocardiogram	12 mo	No	[19]
1995	Mohammed S et al.	64	IIIb	Dyspnea, SOB, and weakness	Echocardiogram	3 d	Yes	[20]
1997	Ando et al.	41	IIb	Abdominal pain and dyspnea	Biopsy, gallium scintigram, and MRI	5 mo	Yes	[21]
1997	Batchelor et al.	43	IIb	VF	Biopsy and echocardiogram	1 y+	No	[22]
1997	Batchelor et al.	51	IIb	Chest pain and dyspnea	Autopsy	NS	Yes	[22]
1997	Batchelor et al.	65	NS	NS	Autopsy	NS	Yes	[22]
1998	Lemus et al.	49	IVb	Dyspnea	CT and echocardiogram	7 mo	No	[6]
1998	Lemus et al.	53	Ib	Dyspnea	Echocardiogram and MRI	1 mo	Yes	[6]
1998	Shimotsu et al.	36	Ib	Precordial pain	Biopsy, CT, ECG, echocardiogram, and MRI	NS	NS	[23]
1999	Senzaki et al.	28	Ib	Chest pain and dyspnea	Biopsy and echocardiogram	Less than 1 mo	Yes	[5]
2000	Harvey et al.	44	Ib	None	CT and echocardiogram	8 mo+	No	[24]
2001	Iwaki et al.	49	IVb	Cough, dyspnea, and fever	Biopsy and echocardiogram	2 mo	Yes	[2]
2004	Inamura et al.	58	Ib1	Chest pain, cough, and dyspnea	CT and echocardiogram	4 mo	NS	[25]
2005	Feys et al.	37	IIIb	Cough, fever, SOB, and sweating	Echocardiogram and PET/CT	8 mo+	No	[26]
2005	Saitoh et al.	68	IIIb	Palpitation and SOB	Echocardiogram and operation	5 mo	NS	[3]
2006	Nakao et al.	57	IIIb	Chest pain and dyspnea	Echocardiogram	2 mo	No	[27]
2006	Ferraz et al.	63	NS	Dyspnea and fatigue	Echocardiogram and operation	5 mo+	NS	[1]
2007	Borsaru et al.	42	IVb	Chest pain and respiratory distress	CT, echocardiogram, and operation	NS	NS	[28]
2010	Miller et al.	48	Ib2	Chest pain	Biopsy and MRI	8 mo	NS	[29]
2010	Tomoko et al.	56	Ib2	None	CT, echocardiogram, and PET/CT	25 mo	No	[30]
2013	Byun et al.	32	IIa2	Dyspnea and purpura of extremity	CT, echocardiogram, and operation	13 mo	NS	[31]
2015	Okamoto et al.	27	Ib1	None	Multidetector computed tomography	21 d	Yes	Present case

NS: not stated, SOB: shortness of breath, VF: ventricular fibrillation, ECG: electrocardiogram, CT: computed tomography, PET/CT: positron emission computerized tomography, mo: months, and d: days.