Small cell carcinoma of the lung: an incidental finding on routine cardiac imaging.
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.
Qureshi
Mehreen A
MA
Division of Nuclear Cardiology, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, New York, USA. mehreenamer@hotmail.com
Johnson
Lynne L
LL
Hahn
Rebecca T
RT
Bokhari
Sabahat
S
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