Diagnosis of Cardiac Metastasis from Endometrial Cancer by F-18 FDG-PET/CT

Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2014 Sep;48(3):237-40. doi: 10.1007/s13139-014-0265-5. Epub 2014 Feb 13.

Abstract

We report a case of a 59-year-old woman with right ventricular metastasis of undifferentiated endometrial cancer. Cardiac metastasis from endometrial cancer is a very rare finding. The case demonstrates that undifferentiated endometrial cancer is capable of metastasizing, presumably through a hematogenous route, to unexpected distant organs. These unexpected sites should not be undermined in the restaging and surveillance of these patients.

Keywords: Cardiac metastasis; FDG; PET/CT; Uterine cancer.