Cardiac metastasis from epidermoid esophageal cancer mimicking anterior myocardial infarction.
Cardiac metastases are more common than primary tumors. Several types of malignant tumors have been reported to metastasize to the heart, mainly lung cancer, but in the setting of esophageal cancer, myocardial metastasis is comparatively rare. We report a case of a cardiac metastasis from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma detected 9 months after surgically curative esophagectomy, which presented mimicking acute myocardial infarction. The use of different imaging modalities was fundamental to a correct diagnosis considering the challenging presentation.
Cardiology Department, Hospital São João, Porto, Portugal. silviamartaoliveira@hotmail.com
Sílvia Marta
SM
Oliveira
Alexandra
A
Gonçalves
Cristina
C
Cruz
Jorge
J
Almeida
António J
AJ
Madureira
Isabel
I
Amendoeira
M Júlia
MJ
Maciel
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*