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Bronchogenic Carcinoma with Cardiac Invasion Simulating Acute Myocardial Infarction
Joint Authors
Das, Sibes Kumar
Das, Anirban
Karmakar, Rathindra Nath
Pandit, Sudipta
Source
Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-03-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Cardiac metastases in bronchogenic carcinoma may occur due to retrograde lymphatic spread or by hematogenous dissemination of tumour cells, but direct invasion of heart by adjacent malignant lung mass is very uncommon.
Pericardium is frequently involved in direct cardiac invasion by adjacent lung cancer.
Pericardial effusion, pericarditis, and tamponade are common and life threatening presentation in such cases.
But direct invasion of myocardium and endocardium is very uncommon.
Left atrial endocardium is most commonly involved in such cases due to anatomical contiguity with pulmonary hilum through pulmonary veins, and in most cases left atrial involvement is asymptomatic.
But myocardial compression and invasion by adjacent lung mass may result in myocardial ischemia and may present with retrosternal, oppressive chest pain which clinically may simulate with the acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
As a result, it leads to misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis of lung cancer.
Here we report a case of non-small-cell carcinoma of right lung which was presented with asymptomatic invasion in left atrium and retrosternal chest pain simulating AMI due to myocardial compression by adjacent lung mass, in a seventy-four-year-old male smoker.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Das, Anirban& Das, Sibes Kumar& Pandit, Sudipta& Karmakar, Rathindra Nath. 2016. Bronchogenic Carcinoma with Cardiac Invasion Simulating Acute Myocardial Infarction. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101716
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Das, Anirban…[et al.]. Bronchogenic Carcinoma with Cardiac Invasion Simulating Acute Myocardial Infarction. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101716
American Medical Association (AMA)
Das, Anirban& Das, Sibes Kumar& Pandit, Sudipta& Karmakar, Rathindra Nath. Bronchogenic Carcinoma with Cardiac Invasion Simulating Acute Myocardial Infarction. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101716
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1101716