scholarly journals Left atrial invasion of a lung cancer: a case report

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fulvio Cacciapuoti ◽  
Erica Vetrano ◽  
Federico Cacciapuoti
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Cardiac Involvement ◽  
Laboratory Finding ◽  
Pulmonary Veins ◽  
Primary Lung Cancer ◽  
Respiratory Impairment ◽  
Incidence And Mortality ◽  
Pulmonary Neoplasm ◽  
Extreme Variability ◽  
Cardiac Manifestations

Lung cancer is the leading neoplastic form worldwide for both incidence and mortality and represents the largest contributor to new cancer diagnosis. Cardiac extensions of a pulmonary neoplasm are rare and dramatically under-diagnosed because of the extreme variability of clinical presentation and frequently are expression of an advanced-stage primary lung cancer. The invasion often happens through pulmonary veins in absence of a clear respiratory impairment. Symptoms related to the cardiac involvement as the first presentation of a malignant pulmonary neoplasm are very uncommon and related with poor outcome. Here we present a case of invasion of the left atrium of a pulmonary neoplasm with initial cardiac manifestations and a laboratory finding of hypercalcemia.

scholarly journals Lung Cancer That Extended to the Left Atrium Through the Pulmonary Vein: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Xu ◽  
Ping Xu ◽  
Ting Ting Wu ◽  
Guo Dong Shang
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Left Atrium ◽  
Pulmonary Vein ◽  
Multimodality Imaging ◽  
Pulmonary Veins ◽  
Primary Lung Cancer ◽  
Cardiac Tumors ◽  
Primary Tumors ◽  
Routine Work ◽  
Cardiac Masses

Abstract Background: Metastatic cardiac tumors have been reported in up to 25% of patients with lung cancer, but detection of cardiac involvement via pulmonary veins is neither uncommon nor easy in the routine work. Case presentation: A 68-year-old woman with primary lung cancer was admitted to the hospital with pain in her left leg for 6 months and hemoptysis for one week. TTE detected that a hyperechoic mass in the left atrium which was come from the left inferior pulmonary vein. The result was confirmed by computed tomography.Conclusions: Multimodality imaging should be advocated in the evaluation of cardiac masses especially for patient who has primary tumors.

Radiosurgery and re-irradiation of brain metastases with cyberknife

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Popov V ◽  
◽  
Graklanov V ◽  
Botushanova A ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Brain Metastases ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Therapeutic Option ◽  
Primary Lung Cancer ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Newly Diagnosed ◽  
Incidence And Mortality ◽  
Cyberknife Radiosurgery

Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer incidence and mortality worldwide with more than 2 million newly diagnosed cases in 2018. The disease is usually diagnosed in stage 3 or 4 with extensive clinical symptoms, which is a bad prognostic factor. Around 40% of patients with brain metastases are with a primary lung cancer, which shows the importance of this pathology. The main treatment option for inoperable lesions is radiosurgery, which can be done more than once in case of progression. This gives an opportunity to deliver a high dose in low volume with a high dose gradient while maintaining healthy tissues. Re-irradiation gives a change for good quality of life for patients with a long life expectancy. This case confirms that two and even three times re-irradiation with CyberKnife is an effective and safe therapeutic option for patients with brain metastases. Keywords: CyberKnife; radiosurgery; re-irradiation; brain metastases; lung cancer.

scholarly journals Left Atrial Mass Invasion from Pulmonary Neoplasm Extension via the Right Upper Pulmonary Vein Presenting as Ipsilateral Stroke

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piercarlo Ballo ◽  
Raffaele Laureano ◽  
Mariapia Briganti ◽  
Maria Teresa Passaleva ◽  
Fiorella Piani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Left Atrial ◽  
Cardiac Involvement ◽  
Cardiac Complications ◽  
Cerebral Stroke ◽  
Atypical Case ◽  
Pulmonary Neoplasm ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
The Right ◽  
Life Threatening Event

Left atrial invasion by lung cancer via haematogenous pathways is a relatively uncommon but potentially life-threatening event. While several cardiac complications of cardiac involvement have been previously described, the evolution towards cerebral stroke has been rarely reported. In this case report, we describe an atypical case of haematogenous metastatic invasion of the left atrium from pulmonary neoplasm extension presenting as an ipsilateral stroke whose ASCO classification changed during the clinical management.

Radiographic Findings of Primary Lung Cancer with Delayed Detection on Chest Radiographs

1999 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 879
Author(s):  
Young Min Kim ◽  
Jin Hwan Kim ◽  
Chang Kyu Yang ◽  
Bin Young Jung ◽  
Kwang Jin Jun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Primary Lung Cancer ◽  
Chest Radiographs ◽  
Radiographic Findings

SIALIC ACID IN THE PRIMARY AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF LUNG CANCER

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 926-932
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Belskaya ◽  
Viktor Kosenok ◽  
Ж. Массард
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Optimization Problems ◽  
Primary Lung Cancer ◽  
Nonparametric Test ◽  
Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Diagnosis Of Lung Cancer ◽  
And Control ◽  
Control Study

So far optimization problems for diagnostics and prognostication aids remained relevant for lung cancer as a leader in the structure of cancers. Objective: a search for regularities of changes in the saliva enzyme activity in patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer. In the case-control study, 505 people took part, divided into 2 groups: primary (lung cancer, n=290) and control (conventionally healthy, n=215). All the participants went through a questionnaire survey, saliva biochemical counts, and a histological verification of their diagnosis. The enzyme activity was measured with spectrophotometry. Between-group differences were measured with the nonparametric test. It was shown that in terms of lung cancer, we observe metabolic changes, described with the decreased de Ritis coefficient (p

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