Direct extension of bronchogenic carcinoma through pulmonary veins into the left atrium mimicking left atrial myxoma.
Direct extention of bronchogenic carcinoma via pulmonary veins into the left atrium is rare. We describe two such cases, one which presented as a left atrial mass with pulmonary edema, and another which was detected at autopsy.
Mehan
V K
VK
Department of Cardiology, K.E.M. Hospital, Parel, Bombay, India.
Deshpande
J
J
Dalvi
B V
BV
Kale
P A
PA
D000328:Adult; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000473:pathology*