Lung cancer mimicking left atrial mass.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1136/pgmj.2008.067934.
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Abstract
Cardiac involvement in lung cancer is found in up to 25% of autopsy cases. However, despite the considerable mortality and morbidity associated with cardiac metastasis, antemortem diagnosis is unusual. A rare case of lung cancer presenting as a left atrial mass is reported.
Medical subject headings
- Brain Neoplasms
- Carcinoma, Large Cell
- Heart Neoplasms
- Lung Neoplasms
- Myxoma