Pancoast Tumor With Cardiac Metastases and Intracardiac Thrombosis.
Shiavax J RaoShaikh B IqbalUsman SagheerPublished in: Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports (2023)
Pancoast tumor is a rare and aggressive form of lung cancer; cardiac metastasis is very uncommon. We present a case of advanced Pancoast tumor, with extensive cardiac metastases and intracardiac thrombosis in a woman presenting with dyspnea, shoulder pain, and weight loss. A contrast-enhanced chest computed tomographic scan revealed an apical mass, metastatic thoracic nodes, and filling defects within both ventricles. Further imaging with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging revealed 2 left ventricular masses infiltrating into the myocardium suggestive of metastatic disease, and a multilobulated mass within the right ventricle suggestive of intracardiac thrombus. She was initiated on anticoagulation for intracardiac thrombosis. Surgical pathology of biopsied tissue samples was consistent with advanced metastatic lung adenocarcinoma. She was a poor candidate for surgical intervention. Given the patient's goals of care, she was ultimately transitioned to comfort care.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- squamous cell carcinoma
- pulmonary embolism
- small cell lung cancer
- left atrial appendage
- diffusion weighted
- healthcare
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- mitral valve
- pain management
- magnetic resonance
- palliative care
- heart failure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- single cell
- randomized controlled trial
- quality improvement
- bariatric surgery
- venous thromboembolism
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- aortic stenosis
- pulmonary artery
- left atrial
- ejection fraction
- neuropathic pain
- public health
- gastric bypass
- lymph node
- fluorescence imaging
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement