Unusual echocardiographic appearance of a cardiac metastasis from lung carcinoma

Diletta Peluso; Alessandra Bianchi; Laura Bonanno; Alberto Banzato

doi:10.1002/jcu.22325

Unusual echocardiographic appearance of a cardiac metastasis from lung carcinoma

Diletta Peluso, Alessandra Bianchi, Laura Bonanno, Alberto Banzato

Istituto Oncologico Veneto

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Abstract

During hospitalization in the Oncology Department, a woman with nonsmall cell lung cancer and no previous cardiac event complained of episodes of chest pain and palpitations. Preliminary instrumental examinations diagnosed atrial fibrillation in pericarditis. A subsequent complete transthoracic echocardiogram showed the presence of a large mass involving the left ventricular apex, without echo-contrast enhancement. A thoracic CT with iodized contrast agent revealed its necrotic composition and was concluded as cardiac metastasis. This is an unusual case of a malignant neoplasm showing no contrast enhancement at echocardiogram because of its necrotic composition, mimicking a thrombus.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	392-394
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
Volume	44
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jcu.22325
Publication status	Published - Jul 1 2016

Keywords

cardiac mass
cardiac metastasis
contrast echocardiography

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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