Cardiac metastasis of tongue squamous cell carcinoma complicated by pulmonary embolism
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Cardiac metastasis of tongue squamous cell carcinoma complicated by pulmonary embolism
RATIONALE Cardiac metastasis is known as a rare complication of head and neck malignancy. PATIENT CONCERNS We present a 58-year-old woman patient with a history of tongue carcinoma who was admitted in emergency department for sudden chest pain. Imaging work-up by computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) diagnosed a cardiac metastasis complicated b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000007462