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ST-segment elevation due to myocardial invasion of lung cancer mimicking ST elevation myocardial infarction: A case report.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
|---|---|
| Author | Jung, Hae Won |
| Editor | Saranathan., Maya |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Abstract | AbstractIntroduction:When a cancer patient presents with ST-segment elevation on an electrocardiogram (ECG), several causes including acute myocardial infarction (MI) should be considered. Myocardial metastasis is one of the rare causes of ST-segment elevation in cancer patients and its clinical silence makes it difficult to diagnose.Patient concerns:A 78-year-old man with lung cancer presented to the emergency room for chest pain. ECG revealed ST-segment elevation in inferior and lateral leads.Interventions:After emergent coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on proximal right coronary artery was performed.Outcomes:Even 7 days after PCI, ST-segment elevation in inferior and lateral leads still existed. Cardiac markers continued to be within the normal range.Diagnosis:We found evidence of metastasis of lung cancer on the inferolateral wall of the myocardium by trans thoracic echocardiogram and positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT). We diagnosed myocardial metastasis as the cause of ST-segment elevation in the patient.Conclusion:Myocardial metastasis is one of the differential diagnosis of ST-segment elevation in cancer patients. Periodic ECG is necessary for lung cancer patients and rapid cardiac work-up is recommended when ST-segment elevation is newly discovered. |
| ISSN | 00257974 |
| Journal | Medicine |
| Volume Number | 100 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC8137083 |
| Issue Number | 20 |
| PubMed reference number | 34011132 |
| e-ISSN | 15365964 |
| DOI | 10.1097/md.0000000000026088 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Publisher Date | 2021-05-01 |
| Publisher Place | Hagerstown, MD |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. |
| Subject Keyword | lung cancer metastasis myocardium ST-segment elevation |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Medicine |