An unusual right ventricle metastasis from mandible squamous cell carcinoma detected on FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Apr;40(4):330-1. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000690.

Abstract

A patient with history of mandible squamous cell carcinoma underwent an FDG PET/CT scan. A focal hypermetabolic right ventricle lesion was noted and suggestive of metastasis. A cardiac MRI verified the right ventricle wall mass. Further endomyocardial biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Neoplasms / secondary
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / pathology
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18