title: Acute myocardial infarction associated with small-size lung cancer in a young woman.
abstract: A 34-year-old woman visited our hospital with chest pain and was diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) on admission. Echocardiography imaging revealed the presence of complex masses in the aortic valve. As serum tumor marker CA19-9 was elevated, she was screened for malignant disease. A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a solitary pulmonary nodule, but because the nodule was small and non-specific, CT follow-up was considered appropriate. However, she developed hemorrhagic stroke in the short term and was subsequently diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma. Clinicians should be on alert for the occurrence of AMI in patients with small-size lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizumura
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugane
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozaki
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kouzu
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sekiyama
authors.forename: Hisato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hiranuma
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Terakado
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D059248:Chemoradiotherapy; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen