Detection of an asymptomatic right-ventricle cardiac metastasis from a small-cell lung cancer by F-18-FDG PET/CT.

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serval:BIB_CC606E6A4BF0
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
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Publications
Institution
Title
Detection of an asymptomatic right-ventricle cardiac metastasis from a small-cell lung cancer by F-18-FDG PET/CT.
Journal
Journal of Thoracic Oncology
Author(s)
Orcurto M.V., Bischof Delaloye A., Letovanec I., Martins Favre M., Prior J.O.
ISSN
1556-1380[electronic]
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2009
Volume
4
Number
1
Pages
127-130
Language
english
Abstract
A right heart metastasis of a small-cell lung cancer was found on the whole-body F-fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (F-FDG-PET/CT) of a 69-year-old smoker investigated for a right pulmonary mass discovered on chest radiography after a fracture of the right humerus. The PET scan showed an increased FDG uptake by the mass in the right lung and an intense, atypical focal activity of the right ventricle strongly suggestive of a neoplastic process. CT-guided lung biopsy revealed a small-cell lung cancer and myocardial biopsy confirmed the presence of a cardiac metastasis. The patient was treated with six cycles of chemotherapy followed by radiation therapy, which included the heart lesion. At follow-up PET/CT 2 months after the end of treatment, the abnormal cardiac uptake had disappeared, whereas increased FDG uptake persisted in the pulmonary residual mass.
Keywords
Aged, Antineoplastic Agents, Combined Modality Therapy, Fatal Outcome, Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, Heart Neoplasms, Heart Ventricles, Humans, Lung Neoplasms, Male, Positron-Emission Tomography, Radiopharmaceuticals, Small Cell Lung Carcinoma, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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27/03/2009 13:59
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