Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma to the heart: an unusual cause of ST elevation-a case report.

ABSTRACT: Cardiac tumours are typically secondary in nature, and the most common malignancies metastasizing to the heart are cancers of the lung, breast, oesophagus, melanoma, and lymphoma. We present a unique case of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, metastasizing to the heart and manifesting with ST elevation in the inferior-leads on electrocardiogram (ECG). A 25-year-old woman was initially diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue at the age of 23 and treated with hemi-glossectomy with clear-margins. Sixteen months later, the tumour recurred in the oropharynx and the left upper lobe of the lung. She was treated with chemotherapy; however, the tumour progressed. Thus, she was initiated on immunotherapy and radiation therapy. One month later, she presented with chest pain. Electroc

SUBMITTER: Tandon V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6601241 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature