Abstract
Cardiac metastases from renal cell carcinoma are rare but should be recognized when present. We report PET/CT findings in a patient with headache and diplopia and cerebral metastasis from an unknown primary of clear cell adenocarcinoma origin. PET/CT revealed uptake with a left renal cell carcinoma, and revealed multiple metastatic lesions, including an FDG-avid metastasis within the left ventricular myocardium.
MeSH terms
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Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnostic imaging
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Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology*
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Female
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Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
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Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
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Heart Neoplasms / secondary*
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Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
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Heart Ventricles / pathology
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Humans
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Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
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Middle Aged
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Multimodal Imaging*
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Myocardium / pathology*
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Positron-Emission Tomography*
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
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Whole Body Imaging