title: An electrocardiographic sign of tumor invasion of the myocardium.
abstract: Lung cancer is one of the most common neoplasms associated with cardiac metastasis, and the pericardium is often affected. However, isolated myocardial involvement in these patients is very uncommon. Most tumor invasions into the heart are nonspecific and clinically silent. Myocardial metastasis rarely mimics an acute myocardial infarction. We report a case of a 59-year-old man with a metastatic lung cancer into the myocardium mimicking an acute myocardial infarction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Av Menéndez Pidal s/n, PC 14004, Córdoba, Spain. franciscotoledan@gmail.com
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Toledano
authors.forename: José Suárez
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: de Lezo
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Segura
authors.forename: Javier Suárez
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: de Lezo
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mesa
mesh_terms: D004562:Electrocardiography; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness