PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Suha Abu Khalaf
AU  - Talha Riaz
AU  - Abdallah Mansour
AU  - Donald Doll
TI  - Intracardiac metastasis from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2020-234691
DP  - 2020 Jun 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e234691
VI  - 13
IP  - 6
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/13/6/e234691.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/13/6/e234691.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2020 Jun 01; 13
AB  - Cardiac metastasis from head and neck cancer is an extremely rare and devastating condition with an abysmal prognosis. Most of our knowledge about this condition is from case reports and series. We present a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsils that was complicated by embolic stroke and critical limb ischemia that were found to be secondary to intracardiac metastasis. We believe that this condition is under-reported; hence, we conducted a thorough review of the literature to highlight the characteristics and previous therapeutic experiences with various presentations of cardiac metastasis from head and neck carcinoma. Clinicians are encouraged to report their experience with evaluating and managing this type of metastasis.