Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3156281 | Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 2014 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Cardiac metastases from head and neck cancer are rare. We present 2 patients with primary head and neck cancer found to have cardiac metastases. Electrocardiograms showed a persistent acute infarction pattern due to myocardial tumor infiltration. No cardiac symptoms were present. Both patients died of metastatic disease.
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Authors
Nandini U. Yadav, Dipti Gupta, Michael S. Baum, Nancy Roistacher, Richard M. Steingart,