title: Small cell carcinoma of the lung: an incidental finding on routine cardiac imaging.
abstract: We describe a case of small cell carcinoma of the lung presenting as a mediastinal mass detected incidentally on transthoracic echocardiography and nuclear SPECT imaging.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Cardiology, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, New York, USA. mehreenamer@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mehreen A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: Lynne L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Rebecca T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: Sabahat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bokhari
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed