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Genovesi E, Di Marino M, Di Marco M, Gallina S, Galanti K, Paloscia L. Stalactites in the Right Ventricle. J Cardiovasc Echogr 2023; 33:199-201. [PMID: 38486687 PMCID: PMC10936708 DOI: 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_46_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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Heart metastatic tumors are more frequent than primary heart tumors. Cardiac metastasis is a rare phenomenon, occurring mainly by direct spread, especially from lung cancer. Cardiac metastases may be asymptomatic or cause arrhythmias, nonspecific electrocardiographic alterations, or mimic a myocardial infarction. In this case report, we illustrate a rare case of pulmonary adenocarcinoma, which through the bloodstream developed a stalactite-shaped metastasis within the right ventricle of conspicuous size (20 mm × 34 mm × 12 mm). In addition, the tumor compressed the right pulmonary trunk, causing pulmonary hypertension. It is essential to characterize metastasis with multimodality imaging. Such lesions within the right cavities can cause massive pulmonary embolism, as in our case, leading to the patient's death, thrombolytic therapy not being effective.
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- Eugenio Genovesi
- Emergency-Urgency Department, Cardiology with UTIC, Pescara “S. Spirito” Hospital, Pescara, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Institute of Cardiology, G. D’Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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- Emergency-Urgency Department, Cardiology with UTIC, Pescara “S. Spirito” Hospital, Pescara, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Institute of Cardiology, G. D’Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Institute of Cardiology, G. D’Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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- Emergency-Urgency Department, Cardiology with UTIC, Pescara “S. Spirito” Hospital, Pescara, Italy
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Zhou J, Zhan C, Zhou J, Wei C, Zou C. Case report: Persistent ST-segment elevation due to cardiac metastasis from lung cancer. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1001527. [PMID: 36844724 PMCID: PMC9945526 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1001527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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Patients with secondary cardiac cancer occasionally show ST segment elevation that mimics acute coronary syndrome despite the absence of coronary artery occlusion. We herein describe a rare case of secondary cardiac cancer that presented with ST-segment elevation. An 82-year-old Chinese man was admitted to the hospital with chest discomfort. Electrocardiography (ECG) showed ST segment elevation in the precordial leads and low-voltage QRS complexes in limb leads without the development of Q waves. Unexpectedly, emergency coronary angiography showed no significant stenosis of the coronary arteries. However, fortunately, transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) revealed massive pericardial effusion and a mass at the apex of the ventricular myocardium. Coincidentally, contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography showed primary lung cancer in the left lower lobe, pericardial effusion, and myocardial metastasis at the ventricular apex. The pericardiac fluid contained blood with significantly increased CEA levels and exfoliated tumor cells. The lung histopathological report suggested squamous cell carcinoma. Two months later, the patient died. These findings suggested that the persistent ST-segment without the development of Q waves was associated with ventricular invasion by primary lung cancer and may indicate a poor prognosis. In conclusion, physicians should be aware of persistent ST-segment elevation mimicking myocardial infarction due to cardiac metastasis with a poor prognosis.
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- Jiawei Zhou
- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China,Department of Echocardiography, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China,*Correspondence: Cao Zou,
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Kunishige R, Matsuoka Y, Yoshimura R, Fujii Y, Fujimoto K, Nishida T, Wakasa K, Horio T. Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer presented as mimicking ST-elevation myocardial infarction with reciprocal electrocardiographic changes. J Cardiol Cases 2022; 26:173-177. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jccase.2022.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Coroyer L, Garcon P, Duchatelle V, Azarine A. Interventricular septum mass presenting as a late acute coronary syndrome with ST-segment elevation: a case report. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CASE REPORTS 2021; 5:ytab164. [PMID: 34124566 PMCID: PMC8189305 DOI: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytab164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Background Intracardiac masses are relatively rare but the diagnosis can be challenging for the cardiologist and the clinical presentation can be misleading. While most of the cardiac masses are benign, malignant masses are mostly metastatic tumours. Case summary An 81-year-old man was admitted to the cardiology department for congestive heart failure with the complaint of recent dyspnoea. The initial electrocardiogram was suggestive of a late presentation of an anterior myocardial infarction. Blood test showed mild and stable elevation of troponin and brain natriuretic peptide. Doppler-echocardiography revealed an interventricular septal thickening. Contrast echocardiography revealed a mass with a possibly necrotic centre and peripheral hypervascularization. Cardiac computed tomography (CT) confirmed the existence of a cardiac tumour with a hypodense centre and also revealed the presence of a large tumour of the lung’s left lower lobe with multiple enlarged lymph nodes associated with possible left adrenal gland metastasis. Computed tomography-guided percutaneous biopsy of the pulmonary mass demonstrated a squamous cell lung cancer which was likely the primary cancer. The patient was discharged home waiting for chemotherapy to start but died a few days later at home of an unknown cause. Discussion Diagnosis of intracardiac mass is difficult, often requiring multiple imaging modalities. Contrast-enhanced echocardiography may help early diagnosis and can be easily implemented with other imaging modalities such as cardiac magnetic resonance imaging or CT.
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- Lucas Coroyer
- Cardiology Department, Hopital Saint-Joseph, 185 Rue Raymond Losserand, 75014 Paris, France
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- Cardiology Department, Hopital Saint-Joseph, 185 Rue Raymond Losserand, 75014 Paris, France
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- Pathology Department, Hopital Saint-Joseph, 185 Rue Raymond Losserand, 75014 Paris, France
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- Radiology Department, Hopital Saint-Joseph, 185 Rue Raymond Losserand, 75014 Paris, France
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Oyakawa T, Muraoka N, Iida K, Kusuhara M, Naito T. A Patient with a Massive Single Cardiac Metastasis of Lung Adenocarcinoma, Diagnosed via a Biopsy. Intern Med 2018; 57:1637-1640. [PMID: 29321403 PMCID: PMC6028669 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.9893-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A patient with a history of lung adenocarcinoma was admitted because of palpitation. Transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a mass (74×42 mm) in the right ventricle. Computed tomography showed a tumor lesion in the right ventricular cavity but no other distant metastasis. Coronary angiography revealed well-developed small branches to the tumor. After right heart catheterization, a pathological analysis of a tumor biopsy demonstrated adenocarcinoma. We diagnosed the patient with right ventricular metastasis of lung cancer. With large cardiac metastasis, a tumor biopsy with a right heart catheter may help obtain a pathological diagnosis and also serve as a re-biopsy to confirm the gene mutation status.
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- Division of Cardiology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic Oncology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Japan
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Travaglio N, Tini G, Arboscello E, Spallarossa P. Cardiac metastasis presenting with an ischaemic electrocardiogram pattern mimicking anterior myocardial infarction. Eur Heart J Case Rep 2018; 2:yty025. [PMID: 31020104 PMCID: PMC6426021 DOI: 10.1093/ehjcr/yty025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Nicole Travaglio
- Clinic of Cardiovascular Diseases, San Martino Policlinic Hospital, University of Genova, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Clinic of Cardiovascular Diseases, San Martino Policlinic Hospital, University of Genova, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Clinic of Internal Medicine, San Martino Policlinic Hospital, University of Genova, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Clinic of Cardiovascular Diseases, San Martino Policlinic Hospital, University of Genova, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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Yoneda T, Kase K, Amino Y, Ogawa N, Watanabe S, Hara J, Abo M, Sone T, Kimura H, Kasahara K. A case of gingival cancer with pulmonary metastases that developed complete atrioventricular block and ventricular fibrillation as a result of myocardial metastases. Clin Case Rep 2016; 4:1075-1081. [PMID: 27980736 PMCID: PMC5134205 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2016] [Revised: 06/16/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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We present a rare case of gingival cancer with pulmonary metastases that developed life‐threatening complete atrioventricular block and ventricular fibrillation as a result of myocardial metastases. This case suggests that implantable cardioverter defibrillators significantly improve the quality of life in these patients and maintain their performance status.
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- Taro Yoneda
- Department of Respiratory Medicine Kanazawa University Hospital Kanazawa Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Komatsu Municipal Hospital Komatsu Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Kanazawa University Hospital Kanazawa Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Kanazawa University Hospital Kanazawa Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Kanazawa University Hospital Kanazawa Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Kanazawa University Hospital Kanazawa Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Kanazawa University Hospital Kanazawa Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Kanazawa University Hospital Kanazawa Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Kanazawa University Hospital Kanazawa Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Kanazawa University Hospital Kanazawa Japan
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Lu DY, Yu WC, Chen CK, Sung SH. Tumor Invasion of Myocardium Presented with Acute Coronary Syndrome. ACTA CARDIOLOGICA SINICA 2016; 31:257-60. [PMID: 27122881 DOI: 10.6515/acs20140526c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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UNLABELLED Cardiac metastases of malignant tumors are rare but associated with various presentations, including arrhythmia, heart failure and myocardial infarction. However, it may also cause typical electrocardiographic (ECG) changes, mimicking ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) when patients have chest pain. We reported a 59 year-old woman with cardiac metastases of buccal squamous cell carcinoma, which presented with myocardial infarction ECG pattern due to both atrial and ventricular involvements. Rather than alternatives to emergent coronary angiogram may be considered, thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction could be inappropriate in that it creates a risk for patients with malignancies in certain situations mimicking STEMI. KEY WORDS Arrhythmia; Cardiac tumor; ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction.
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- Dai-Yin Lu
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine; ; Department of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine; ; Department of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine; ; Department of Medicine; ; Institute of Public Health and Community Medicine Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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[A case of lung adenocarcinoma with uncontrollable myocardial metastasis and pericardial effusion]. J UOEH 2014; 36:199-203. [PMID: 25224712 DOI: 10.7888/juoeh.36.199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A 73-year-old Japanese man visited a local hospital due to palpitations and dyspnea. He was diagnosed as having lung cancer (adenocarcinoma, cT1aN2M1b (BRA), stage Ⅳ), but he did not want to receive any anticancer medications, and was simply being observed. Several months later, he was referred to our hospital due to exacerbation of the dyspnea. His chest computed tomography revealed massive pericardial effusion, therefore he was diagnosed as having cardiac tamponade due to carcinomatous pericarditis and was immediately hospitalized. Upon admission, pericardial fenestration was firstly applied in order to drain pericardial effusion, and intraoperative cardiac findings showed suspicion of myocardial and pericardial metastasis. Immediately after the pericardiotomy, he suffered from cardiac arrest caused by shock. In lung cancer patients with pericardial effusion, even though it is rare, myocardial metastasis in addition to carcinomatous pericarditis and pericardial metastasis should be kept in mind.
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Kim KH, Jeong MH, Yoon HJ, Ahn Y, Cho JG, Park JC, Kang JC. A case of myocardial involvement in lung cancer that mimics ST segment elevation in myocardial infarction. Korean J Intern Med 2014; 29:525-8. [PMID: 25045301 PMCID: PMC4101600 DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2014.29.4.525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2008] [Revised: 08/18/2008] [Accepted: 09/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Kye Hun Kim
- The Heart Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, and Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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- The Heart Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, and Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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- The Heart Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, and Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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- The Heart Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, and Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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- The Heart Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, and Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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- The Heart Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, and Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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- The Heart Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, and Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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Cincin A, Samedov F, Sari I, Sunbul M, Tigen K, Mutlu B. Right ventricular metastasis of lung cancer. Herz 2013; 39:166-70. [DOI: 10.1007/s00059-013-3809-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2013] [Accepted: 03/15/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The heart is frequently the site of metastasis of various malignant tumors. Lung cancer is one of the most common primary tumors of cardiac metastasis and usually involves the pericardium or epicardium by direct invasion and/or lymphatic spread. However, metastasis of lung cancer involving the left ventricular endocardium is extremely rare. We report a patient with adenocarcinoma of lung, metastasized to the left ventricular myocardium and endocardium, diagnosed by echocardiography and 18-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography.
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- Jang-Won Son
- Division of Cardiology, Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Secco GG, Bortnik M, Occhetta E, Dell’Era G, Merlo E, De Luca G, Marino PN. An unusual case of ECG ST-segment elevation. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2012; 13:289-91. [DOI: 10.2459/jcm.0b013e32834264a9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Juan Ó, Esteban E, Sotillo J, Alberola V. Atrial flutter and myocardial infarction-like ECG changes as manifestations of left ventricle involvement from lung carcinoma. Clin Transl Oncol 2008; 10:125-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s12094-008-0166-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Sosvińska-Mielcarek K, Senkus-Konefka E, Jassem J, Kulczycka J, Jendrzejewski J, Jaskiewicz K. Cardiac Involvement at Presentation of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. J Clin Oncol 2008; 26:1010-1. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.14.9328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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Pan KL, Wu LS, Chung CM, Chang ST, Lin PC, Hsu JT. Misdiagnosis Cardiac Metastasis Presented as a Pseudo-Infarction on Electrocardiography. Int Heart J 2007; 48:399-405. [PMID: 17592205 DOI: 10.1536/ihj.48.399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Most tumor invasion into the heart is nonspecific and clinically silent. Myocardium metastasis rarely mimics a myocardial infarction. In this case, a cardiac metastasis from a squamous cell carcinoma presented with both persistent ST elevation and paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. The secondary lesion was located in the anterior wall and lateral wall of the left ventricle and induced electrocardiographic changes imitating an acute myocardial infarction.
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- Kuo Li Pan
- Division of Cardiology, Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chen CC, Hsiung MC, Chiang MC, Yeh PF, Chang WT, Yin WH, Young MS. Echocardiographic and electrocardiographic manifestations of heart metastasis from primary lung cancer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 15:322-5. [PMID: 16957454 DOI: 10.1111/j.1076-7460.2006.04911.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Chung-Chang Chen
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Military General Hospital, 2 Zhong-Zheng 1st Road, Lingya District, Kaohsiung City 802, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Matana A, Zaputović L, Lucin K, Kastelan ZM. Persistent and Progressive ST Segment Elevation Caused by Myocardial Metastasis. TUMORI JOURNAL 2006; 92:452-4. [PMID: 17168443 DOI: 10.1177/030089160609200517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This is a case of a female patient with collecting duct carcinoma of the right kidney and myocardial metastasis. On electrocardiogram the myocardial metastasis presented with a prolonged and progressive ST elevation and a gradual decrease of the R wave amplitude in leads V3-V6. Echocardiography and autopsy findings confirmed the diagnosis.
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- Ante Matana
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
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Konishi S, Kojima T, Ichiyanagi K, Kinihiko S, Yokoyama K, Taki J, Nakajima K, Michigishi T, Tonami N. A case of double cancers with myocardial metastasis mimicking acute myocardial infarction both on an electrocardiogram and on Tc-99m-MIBI myocardial SPECT. Ann Nucl Med 2001; 15:381-5. [PMID: 11577766 DOI: 10.1007/bf02988248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We report a rare case of double cancers with myocardial metastasis presenting acute myocardial infarction (AMI)-like findings both on an electrocardiogram (ECG) and on Tc-99m-MIBI myocardial SPECT. The ECG showed abnormal Q-waves and ST-segment elevation in leads V1-V4, and Tc-99m-MIBI SPECT showed a photon deficient area in the anteroseptum. These findings were suggestive of AMI, but the patient had been simultaneously suffering from two adenocarcinomas, which were lung cancer and gastric cancer, and consecutive ultrasonic cardiography (UCG) demonstrated a growing mass lesion in the septal aspect of the left ventricle. After a month he died of severe heart failure. The histological diagnosis of a specimen of the cardiac mass lesion was invasive adenocarcinoma infiltrating to the heart, which revealed that the myocardial metastasis had mimicked AMI. This case shows that it is difficult to distinguish between myocardial infarction and myocardial metastasis with myocardial perfusion SPECT. It is necessary to consider the possibility of myocardial metastasis when a patient with malignancy presents AMI-like findings.
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- S Konishi
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Yao NS, Hsu YM, Liu JM, Chen LT, Liau CS. Lung cancer mimicking acute myocardial infarction on electrocardiogram. Am J Emerg Med 1999; 17:86-8. [PMID: 9928710 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-6757(99)90026-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Myocardial involvement by malignant neoplasm is rare and often not clinically manifested. The diagnosis is usually made only at autopsy. A 71-year-old man with squamous cell lung cancer presented with chest discomfort. His electrocardiogram was diagnostic of acute myocardial infarction. However, because of the lack of classic symptoms and signs of acute myocardial infarction and normal serum levels of cardiac enzymes, an echocardiography was performed before initiation of thrombolytic therapy. The echocardiography showed a huge hyperechoic mass located in the posterolateral aspect of the left ventricle with myocardium invasion. Thrombolytic therapy was withheld. In patients with lung cancer, an electrocardiogram representative of acute myocardial infarction can rarely be induced by myocardial involvement with lung cancer.
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- N S Yao
- Cancer Clinical Research Center, National Health Research Institutes, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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