Key result
Direct cardiac invasion by a right lung non-small-cell carcinoma in a 74-year-old man caused myocardial compression and retrosternal chest pain that clinically simulated acute myocardial infarction.
Population
A 74-year-old male smoker with non-small-cell carcinoma of the right lung presenting with asymptomatic…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May present with tamponade from direct myocardial invasion; leaves open optimal management strategies.
Case Report (n=1)
Direct cardiac invasion by bronchogenic carcinoma can simulate acute myocardial infarction, highlighting the need to consider malignancy in atypical presentations of chest pain.
Das et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Bronchogenic carcinoma with cardiac invasion (n=1). Direct cardiac invasion by a right lung non-small-cell carcinoma in a 74-year-old man caused myocardial compression and retrosternal chest pain that clinically simulated acute myocardial infarction.
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