Abstract :
The incidence of secondary cardiac tumouris 2.3% in previous autopsies studies. Common metastasizing
tumours to the heart are lung, esophagus, breast, stomach, pancreas, melanoma, and colon. The oral
sqaumous cell carcinoma metastasizing to the heart are reported in few cases. we are presenting three
cases, Out of which two cases of a 51-year-old and 59-year-old deceased male previously diagnosed
with upper esophagus and Larynx squamous cell carcinoma, found having multiple metastatic lesions of
lung, liver as well as metastatic foci to the heart in histopathological examination of tissues received
after conducting autopsy. Another single case of 28 –year-old female of adenocarcinoma of unknown
origin,possibility of ovarian origin, which shows metastasis to all major organs including heart. The
involvement was limited to the myocardium with a normal pericardium and endocardium, which is not
common. The case details and relevant clinical discussion of all three cases are described to highlight
asymptomatic, metastatic foci of oral as well as laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma to myocardium and
one case of adenocarcinoma of unknown origin.
Keyword :
Cardiac metastasis, secondary cardiac tumors