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

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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.

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Tianye Liu, Spencer Behr, Sana Khan and Carina Mari Aparici declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Nuclear Medicine Section, University of California San Francisco, UCSF, San Fancisco, CA, USA

    T. Liu, S. Khan, S. Behr & C. Mari Aparici

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Liu, T., Khan, S., Behr, S. et al. Diagnosis of Cardiac Metastasis from Endometrial Cancer by F-18 FDG-PET/CT. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 48, 237–240 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-014-0265-5

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