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Cardiac metastases in bronchogenic carcinoma may occur due to retrograde lymphatic spread or by hematogenous dissemination of tumour cells, but direct invasion of heart by adjacent malignant lung mass is very uncommon. Pericardium is frequently involved in direct cardiac invasion by adjacent lung cancer. Pericardial effusion, pericarditis, and tamponade are common and life threatening presentation in such cases. But direct invasion of myocardium and endocardium is very uncommon. Left atrial endocardium is most commonly involved in such cases due to anatomical contiguity with pulmonary hilum through pulmonary veins, and in most cases left atrial involvement is asymptomatic. But myocardial compression and invasion by adjacent lung mass may result in myocardial ischemia and may present with retrosternal, oppressive chest pain which clinically may simulate with the acute myocardial infarction (AMI). As a result, it leads to misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis of lung cancer. Here we report a case of non-small-cell carcinoma of right lung which was presented with asymptomatic invasion in left atrium and retrosternal chest pain simulating AMI due to myocardial compression by adjacent lung mass, in a seventy-four-year-old male smoker.
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PMID:Bronchogenic Carcinoma with Cardiac Invasion Simulating Acute Myocardial Infarction. 2704 70

Here we report a case of a hemorrhagic gastric cancer patient with severe coronary artery disease, in whom the cancer was successfully resected with the support of intra-aortic balloon pumping(IABP). An 80-year-old man was referred to our hospital for further examination of his anemia and tumor around the pancreatic head. He was diagnosed with type 3 gastric cancer with multiple bulky lymph node metastases invadingto the pancreas(cT4b[LN-Panc], N3a, M1[LYM No.16a2int], cStage IV ). Tarry stools continued and blood transfusion was repeatedly required. To control tumor bleeding, we considered that gastrectomy should be performed prior to chemotherapy. Since he had a history of acute myocardial infarction, coronary angiography was performed, which showed severe coronary stenosis in 3 vessels. Preoperative percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting were inappropriate because of tumor bleeding. We performed palliative distal gastrectomy under the support of IABP. The postoperative course was uneventful and he could initiate subsequent chemotherapy smoothly. IABP may be a useful option for hemorrhagic gastric cancer patients with severe coronary stenosis.
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PMID:[Gastrectomy with Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping Support for a Hemorrhagic Advanced Gastric Cancer Patient with Severe Coronary Stenosis]. 2939 53

A 59-year-old male patient was hospitalized in the Internal Medicine Department for investigation of hepatic metastases from an unknown primary neoplasm. During the hospitalization the patient died from acute myocardial infarction. The autopsy revealed a 8.2 kilograms (kg) liver that was diffusely infiltrated by whitish metastatic masses. No other tumor was detected, apart from a 2.5 centimeters (cm) pulmonary nodule next to the right intermediate bronchus that was histologically compatible with small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Despite the fact that hepatic metastases from SCLCs are common, diffuse metastatic hepatomegaly from a malignant pulmonary nodule are rarely seen. Given that the most common cause of malignancy-related death is lung cancer, early diagnosis and appropriate management of pulmonary nodules is of paramount importance.
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PMID:Giant Metastatic Liver Tumor of Unknown Primary Origin: Thoracic Autopsy Solves the Mystery. 2971 84


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