Acute myocardial infarction caused by coronary tumor thromboembolism: a rare primary manifestation of malignant tumor disease.
Myocardial infarction in the context of malignant tumor disease is rare but well documented and can occur through various pathophysiological mechanisms. We report an unusual case of a patient with recurrent myocardial infarction due to coronary tumor thromboembolism as the first clinical manifestation of a previously unknown squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. The possible pitfalls leading to a wrong preliminary diagnosis in our case as well as the literature on myocardial infarction in patients with cancer were discussed.
Buckendahl
Ann-Christin
AC
Institute of Pathology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany. anna.buckendahl@charite.de
Martens
Frank
F
Scholman
Hans-Joachim
HJ
Denkert
Carsten
C
Dietel
Manfred
M
Weichert
Wilko
W
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology*