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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">KJIM</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title>Korean J Intern Med</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="ppub">1226-3303</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">2005-6648</issn>
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<publisher-name>The Korean Association of Internal Medicine</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3904/kjim.2016.143</article-id>
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<subject>Image of interest</subject></subj-group></article-categories>
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<article-title>Isolated huge right ventricular tumor: cardiac metastasis of tongue cancer</article-title>
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<name><surname>Chua</surname><given-names>Sarah</given-names></name>
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<name><surname>Liu</surname><given-names>Wen-Hao</given-names></name>
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<name><surname>Lee</surname><given-names>Wei-Chieh</given-names></name>
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Division of Cardiology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, <country>Taiwan</country></aff>
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<corresp id="c1-kjim-2016-143">Correspondence to Wei-Chieh Lee, M.D. Tel: +886-7-731-7123 (ext. 8300) Fax: +886-7-732-2402 E-mail: <email>leeweichieh@yahoo.com.tw</email></corresp>
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<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>11</month>
<year>2017</year></pub-date>
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<day>17</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2017</year></pub-date>
<volume>32</volume>
<issue>6</issue>
<fpage>1119</fpage>
<lpage>1120</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>24</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2016</year></date>
<date date-type="rev-recd">
<day>8</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2016</year></date>
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<day>28</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2016</year></date>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x000A9; 2017 The Korean Association of Internal Medicine</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2017</copyright-year>
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<p>A 63-year-old male with a history of tongue cancer (5 years postresection and reconstruction) presented with progressive dyspnea during a 2-week period. Four months prior, a recurrence of the tongue cancer was diagnosed, for which he was undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). The parasternal long-axis view of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) disclosed heterogeneous, multiple cavities, huge tumor of apical right ventricle (RV), with a minor pericardial effusion (<xref rid="f1-kjim-2016-143" ref-type="fig">Fig. 1A</xref>). The huge mass seemed like cheese with multiple central necrotic cavities (<xref rid="f1-kjim-2016-143" ref-type="fig">Fig. 1B</xref>). The short-axis view of TTE showed a D-shaped left ventricle (<xref rid="f1-kjim-2016-143" ref-type="fig">Fig. 1C</xref>). A normal pressure gradient was evident, with mild tricuspid regurgitation, and poor-to-borderline RV performance was noted. The reason of decreased RV performance may be related to tumor infiltrated to myocardium. The four-chamber view of TTE confirmed a bulky mass with adhering to apical and lateral aspects of RV and presented multiple necrotic cavities, based on focal hypodensity (<xref rid="f1-kjim-2016-143" ref-type="fig">Fig. 1D</xref>). Inferior vena cava and right atrium did not present any mass. Chest computed tomography showed a massive and centrally necrotic tumor of RV (<xref rid="f2-kjim-2016-143" ref-type="fig">Fig. 2A</xref>-<xref rid="f2-kjim-2016-143" ref-type="fig">2C</xref>), and did not detect obvious liver and lung metastases (<xref rid="f2-kjim-2016-143" ref-type="fig">Fig. 2C</xref> and <xref rid="f2-kjim-2016-143" ref-type="fig">2D</xref>). Cardiac metastases secondary to squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue were strongly suspected. Adequate hydration and standard anti-heart failure treatment were performed for rightside heart failure. Then, the patient kept CCRT and shortness of breath improved gradually. The prevalence of oral cancers is high in Asian countries, especially in South and Southeast Asia. However, it is highly unusual for squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue to involve the heart. Due to rapid growth, cardiac metastasis of oral squamous cell carcinoma may develop central necrosis. Reported herein is an interesting and rare case of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue with isolated RV metastases.</p>
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<fn fn-type="conflict"><p>No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.</p></fn>
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<label>Figure 1.</label><caption><p>(A) Parasternal long-axis view of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE): huge heterogeneous mass in right ventricle (RV) (white arrows) and minor pericardial effusion. (B) Parasternal short-axis view of TTE: huge mass with multiple necrotic cavities (white arrow) and cheese-like picture. (C) Huge mass in RV and D-shaped left ventricle (LV). (D) Four-chamber view of TTE: the bulky mass of apical RV with multiple necrotic cavities (black arrows). AO, aorta.</p></caption>
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<label>Figure 2.</label><caption><p>(A, B) Chest computed tomography: massive heterogeneous tumor of right ventricle (RV) with multiple necrotic cavities (white arrows in panel A, and black arrows in panel B). (C, D) Giant RV mass (white arrow) without obvious lung and liver metastases. RA, right atrium; LV, left ventricle; AO, aorta.</p></caption>
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