Acute cor pulmonale secondary to metastatic tumor to the heart: a case report and literature review.
Metastatic tumors to the heart are becoming more common due to improved survival afforded by advanced treatment of malignancies. Their presence should be sought in a cancer patient who develops new primary cardiac symptoms. We present a case of a 50-year-old woman who succumbed to acute cor pulmonale secondary to metastatic laryngeal carcinoma to the right ventricle with subsequent tumor emboli to the pulmonary vasculature.
Tallon
J M
JM
Emergency Medicine Associates KW, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Montoya
D R
DR
D000208:Acute Disease; D001344:Autopsy; D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology