Open AccessAsymptomatic Tumor Thrombus in the Left Atrium from Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Nick Huang,
Christina DiCorato,
Basel Abuzuaiter,
Adriana May,
Swati Deshmane,
Debanik Chaudhuri,
Stephen L. Graziano,
Harvir Singh Gambhir
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
case reports in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1687-9627
pISSN - 1687-9635
DOI - 10.1155/2021/4256471
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , cardiology , radiology , biopsy , basal cell
A 67-year-old female patient presented asymptomatically for further evaluation of a chest mass. Other than significant smoking history, the patient had been healthy with a recently treated case of uncomplicated pneumonia. The mass originated in the aortopulmonary window of the left mediastinum and invaded proximally into the left superior pulmonary vein and subsequently into the left atrium. The mass protrusion into the mitral valve occupied 50% of the left atrium space but showed no clinical symptoms of a valvular blockade. Poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma was identified upon biopsy. These findings of a primary lung tumor with atrial extension in an asymptomatic patient point to the importance of age-appropriate screening and standardization treatment modalities.