Key result
An 83-year-old female presenting with dysphagia and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer invading the esophagus and heart.
Case Report (n=1)
Cardiac metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer can present with arrhythmias such as non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, which can be managed with antiarrhythmic therapy.
Alerts to rare cardiac-esophageal invasion by lung cancer; leaves open need for vigilance and case series in atypical presentations.
The leading cause of death due to malignancy in the USA is lung cancers. They can be divided into small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. Of the latter, adenocarcinoma comprises the majority of lung cancers. Manifestations of lung cancer can be divided into thoracic, extra-thoracic and paraneoplastic syndromes. We describe a case of ventricular tachycardia in a patient who presented with dysphagia, ultimately found to have a non-small cell lung cancer invading the esophagus and heart.
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Haq et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (n=1). Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with cardiac metastasis was evaluated. An 83-year-old female presenting with dysphagia and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer invading the esophagus and heart.