Open AccessExtension to the heart of metastatic lung cancer presenting as acute neurological syndrome: The key role of echocardiography
Author(s) -
Gabriella Falanga,
Olimpia Musumeci,
Cesare Stilo,
Concetta Zito
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular echography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2347-193X
pISSN - 2211-4122
DOI - 10.4103/2211-4122.143982
Subject(s) - medicine , cerebral embolism , cardiology , lung , lung cancer , pulmonary embolism , radiology , right heart , lymphatic system , embolism , pathology
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.