Metastatic signet ring adenocarcinoma: an unusual cause of cardiac constriction.
Pericardial constriction secondary to metastatic adenocarcinoma is exceedingly rare. We present the first recorded case of pericardial constriction secondary to metastatic signet-ring mucinous adenocarcinoma diagnosed by echocardiography. The cornerstones of echocardiographic diagnosis of constriction are the following: interventricular septal bounce phasic with respiration, M-mode recordings of the inferior vena cava, and the characteristic Doppler velocity patterns recorded from the mitral valve, hepatic veins, and mitral annulus.
Anis
Ather
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Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, New Jersey Medical School, University Heights, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
Narayan
Rajeev L
RL
Kapa
Suraj
S
Klapholz
Marc
M
Saric
Muhamed
M
D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018619:Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors