Intracardiac metastasis from known cervical cancer: a case report and literature review

Table 1 Literature review of cardiac metastasis from cervical cancer cases

Author(year)	Age	Stage	Type	Primary Tx	Interval to cardiac metastasis	Recurrence diagnosis modality	Pathology confirmation by	Recurrence Tx	Cause of death	Time to death from cardiac metastasis	Chief complaint for cardiac metastasis	Overall survival
Ando et al. [6]	41	IIB	SCC	Op.	8M	MRI scan	Autopsy	CTx	RHF	5M	Dyspnea	13M
Lemus et al. [7]	53	Ib2	SCC	Op.	14M	MRI scan	Autopsy	CCRT	RHF	1M	Dyspnea	15M
Lemus et al. [7]	49	IVB	SCC	ERT	3M	MRI & CT scan	No autopsy	CCRT	RHF	7M	Dyspnea &tachycardia	13M
Inamura et al. [8]	58	IB1	SCC	CTx	44M	Echocardiogram and chest CT	Open excision	None	RHF	4M	Dyspnea &purpura of extremity	48M
Nakao et al.[9]	57	IIIB	SCC	CCRT	10M	Echocardiogram and chest CT	Open excision	None	RHF	2M	Mild chest pain & shortness of breath	12M
Borsaru et al. [10]	42	IVB	SCC	CCRT	6M	Echocardiogram and chest CT	Open excision	*	*	*	*	*
Kim et al. [11]	64	IB1	SCC	CCRT	5M	Echocardiogram, TEE and chest CT	Pericardiocentesis	CTx	RHF	7M	Dry cough&dyspnea	12M
Miller et al. [12]	48	Ib2	Adeno	CCRT	48M	MRI scan	Transesophageal echocardiography- guided biopsy	CTx/RT	RHF	8M	Chest pain	56M
Current study (2011)	32	IIA	SCC	Op.	15M	Echocardiogram and chest CT	Open excision	CTx	Cachexia	13M	Dyspnea &purpura of extremity	32M

*no available data. Adeno, adenocarcinoma; CCRT, concurrent chemoradiotherapy; CT, computed tomography; CTx, chemotherapy;ERT, external radiotherapy; M, months; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; Op., operation; RHF, right heart failure; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; TEE, transesophageal.Echocardiogram; Tx, therapy.

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