title: [Constrictive pericarditis as the first sign of lung cancer].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Neumología, Hospital de Mérida, Mérida, Badajoz, España. luismateoscab@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mateos Caballero
authors.forename: Juan Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Nogales Asensio
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alonso González
authors.forename: Juan José
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Garrido Romer
authors.forename: Reyes
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: González Fernández
authors.forename: Antonio Manuel
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pérez Fernández
mesh_terms: 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