title: Intracardiac extension of lung cancer demonstrated on PET scanning.
abstract: Intracardiac tumors are unusual and can originate within the heart or spread from other sites. This is a report of a patient who presented with a TIA, and during the subsequent stroke workup, a right hilar nonsmall cell lung carcinoma was discovered. The tumor had extended into the left atrium through a pulmonary vein. The hilar tumor as well as intracardiac extension were demonstrated by PET scanning using FDG.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Department, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, OR 97225, USA. garygates@verizon.net
authors.forename: Gary F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Gates
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aronsky
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozgur
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18