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Apical four-chamber echocardiography revealed a rare view of untreated lung cancer crossing the pericardium in a 70-year-old man presenting with increasing dyspnea.
This case report highlights a rare echocardiographic presentation of lung cancer invading the pericardium.
May prompt echocardiography in lung cancer patients with dyspnea; leaves open frequency and prognostic impact of pericardial invasion.
A 70-year-old man, with an untreated and histologically undefined (of his own free will) lung cancer (diagnosed 5 years before) was admitted to our ambulatory for increasing dyspnoea and progressive exercise intolerance. Apical four-chamber echocardiographic findings (panel A) were …
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Caputo et al. (2007) studied this question. Apical four-chamber echocardiography revealed a rare view of untreated lung cancer crossing the pericardium in a 70-year-old man presenting with increasing dyspnea.
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