Bronchogenic Carcinoma with Cardiac Invasion Simulating Acute Myocardial Infarction
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 ca...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2016-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Oncological Medicine |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7813509 |