[Constrictive pericarditis as the first sign of lung cancer].
Symptoms such as cough and hemoptysis in patients with lung cancer can be the consequence of local bronchopulmonary disease, tumor growth that leads to compression of surrounding structures, distant metastases, diverse systemic effects (anorexia, asthenia, weight loss), or paraneoplastic syndromes associated with tumor production of certain hormones. Approximately 10% of patients are asymptomatic at diagnosis. We report the case of a 77-year-old man with dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, and lower limb edema. The patient died within a few days. The cause of the clinical picture was constrictive pericarditis secondary to metastases from lung carcinoma.
Mateos Caballero
Luis
L
Sección de Neumología, Hospital de Mérida, Mérida, Badajoz, España. luismateoscab@yahoo.es
Nogales Asensio
Juan Manuel
JM
Alonso González
Rafael
R
Garrido Romer
Juan José
JJ
González Fernández
Reyes
R
Pérez Fernández
Antonio Manuel
AM
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed