title: Acute myocardial infarction caused by coronary tumor thromboembolism: a rare primary manifestation of malignant tumor disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany. anna.buckendahl@charite.de
authors.forename: Ann-Christin
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Buckendahl
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martens
authors.forename: Hans-Joachim
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Scholman
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Denkert
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dietel
authors.forename: Wilko
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weichert
mesh_terms: 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*