title: Giant intracardiac neoplasic thrombus of a large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung.
abstract: Cardiac invasion by lung cancer is associated with a poor prognosis. We describe the case of a large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung with left intra-atrial extension in a patient presenting with a catastrophic nutritional status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France. vcostache@chu-grenoble.fr
authors.forename: Victor S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Costache
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lantuejoul
authors.forename: Serban
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stoica
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fluttaz
authors.forename: Rachid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hacini
authors.forename: Pierre-Yves
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Brichon
mesh_terms: D018287:Carcinoma, Large Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D018278:Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed