Cardiac Metastasis from Cervical Cancer: A Case Report and literature review

Abstract

Heart metastasis in cervical cancer is an exceptionally uncommon occurrence. Given the early onset of obscure clinical presentations and complex imaging features of cardiac tumors, cases diagnosed before death are exceedingly rare. In this report, we present a case of cervical cancer with cardiac tumor metastasis diagnosed pre-mortem, and conducted a review of the current literature. The following conclusions were drawn: (1) The incidence of cardiac metastasis is influenced by clinical stage and treatment modality at initial diagnosis. (2) The prognosis for patients with cervical cancer heart metastasis is poor, and those with severe complications struggle to accrue benefits from active treatment. (3) When cervical cancer patients present with unexplained dyspnea, cardiac color ultrasound and enhanced chest CT should be performed to rule out tumor cardiac metastasis.