title: Left atrial extension of lung malignancy with ECG changes resembling STEMI.
abstract: Lung malignancy extending into left atrium is seen very infrequently. We had a patient with a fast growing symptomatic lung mass and electrocardiogram showing persistent coving ST elevation without any biomarker change. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a large left atrial mass which was fixed to the free walls and extended into the appendage. There was also a large lung mass that was compressing the heart from its lateral aspect. CT-scan of chest corroborated the lung mass & CT-guided FNAC showed small cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology & Medicine, Medical College Kolkata, West Bengal, India. guhas55@gmail.com
authors.forename: Santanu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guha
authors.forename: Soura
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mookerjee
authors.forename: Rathindra Nath
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Karmakar
authors.forename: Siddhartha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mani
authors.forename: Arindam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pande
authors.forename: Raja
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Hema
mesh_terms: D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed