Open AccessCardiac metastasis of lung cancer: Case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Saurabh Karmakar,
Rajendra Prasad,
Ahbab Hussain
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the journal of association of chest physicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2320-9089
pISSN - 2320-8775
DOI - 10.4103/2320-8775.183838
Subject(s) - lung cancer , medicine , metastasis , malignancy , cancer , lung , oncology , cancer metastasis , left atrium , cardiology , atrial fibrillation
The heart is a rare site of metastasis of cancers. Although lung cancer is the most common malignancy worldwide, cardiac metastasis of lung cancer has been rarely described in literature. We describe a patient with lung cancer who presented with metastasis to the left atrium of heart. We also reviewed the literature regarding cardiac metastasis of lung cancer
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