Intracardiac extension of lung cancer via pulmonary veins: CT diagnosis.
Two cases of lung tumor in the left upper with neoplastic thrombus in the pulmonary veins and extension into the left atrium are reported. The diagnosis was made preoperatively with CT.
Dore
R
R
Istituto di Radiologia, Università di Pavia, Italy.
Alerci
M
M
D'Andrea
F
F
Di Giulio
G
G
De Agostini
A
A
Volpato
G
G
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed