{Reference Type}: Case Reports
{Title}: Diagnosis of cardiac occupancy as metachronous carcinoma using multimodal imaging: a case report.
{Author}: Wang Z;Xiao X;Lv S;Li C;Jiang H;
{Journal}: BMC Cardiovasc Disord
{Volume}: 22
{Issue}: 1
{Year}: 05 2022 4
{Factor}: 2.174
{DOI}: 10.1186/s12872-022-02645-2
{Abstract}: Metachronous carcinoma presenting as a cardiac malignancy is rare, and timely diagnosis is critical. We report a patient with a primary cardiac tumor who eventually died and performed an imaging-related literature review.<BR>A 68-year-old Chinese male patient, who had suffered from multiple malignancies, was suddenly found to have severely reduced platelets and symptoms of decreased cardiac function. After undergoing a series of imaging examinations such as transthoracic echocardiography and positron emission tomography-computed tomography, he was found to have a large occupancy within the right heart and was finally diagnosed with a primary cardiac malignancy. Combined with the patient's previous medical history, it was judged that this time it was a metachronous carcinoma. The patient was unable to accept the risk of surgery and eventually died.<BR>This is a case report reporting a cardiac malignancy. This case highlights the importance of using multiple imaging modalities to make a common diagnosis and the need for more detailed evaluation in patients with metachronous carcinoma.