Extension to the Heart of Metastatic Lung Cancer Presenting as Acute Neurological
Syndrome: The Key Role of Echocardiography
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Falanga G
; Musumeci O
; Stilo C
; Zito C
J Cardiovasc Echogr
2014[Jul]; 24
(3
): 89-91
PMID28465913
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Metastatic cardiac malignancies are significantly more common than primary
cardiac tumors. Primary lung cancers often invade the heart locally and they can
also spread to the heart via the blood, lymphatic system or both; in contrast, an
extension to the left atrium from the pulmonary vein is very rare. Here, we
report a case of a 79-year-old man with an acute neurological syndrome, in which
an integrated multimodality imaging approach has allowed to discovery a lung
cancer with cerebral embolism and intracavitary heart dissemination through the
left superior pulmonary vein.