Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University, Pondicherry 607402, India.
Department of Cardiology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University, Pondicherry 607402, India.
Zhongguo Fei Ai Za Zhi. 2020 Dec 20;23(12):1113-1116. doi: 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2020.102.43.
Bronchogenic carcinoma, the commonest lung tumor occurs more frequently in the elderly with typical symptoms of cough, haemoptysis, weight loss, dyspnoea or chest pain. These symptoms mimic common respiratory infections in en-demic areas like pulmonary tuberculosis. Also, metastasis at presentation itself is common, the favoured sites being liver, contra-lateral lungs, bones, brain, etc., although unusual and rare sites like heart also are known. We herein report a rare association of both carcinoma with active pulmonary tuberculosis in the same lobe associated with intracardiac metastasis. Very few cases have been published describing lung carcinoma with intracardiac metastasis. We hope the documentation of this rare case will shed further light into the subject area and improve clinical education.
支气管源性癌,最常见的肺部肿瘤,在老年人中更为常见,其典型症状为咳嗽、咯血、体重减轻、呼吸困难或胸痛。这些症状在流行地区类似于常见的呼吸道感染,如肺结核。此外,在出现时转移很常见,常见的转移部位包括肝、对侧肺、骨、脑等,尽管心脏等不常见和罕见的部位也有转移的报道。在此,我们报告了一个罕见的同一肺叶同时合并活动性肺结核和心内转移的病例。描述肺癌合并心内转移的病例非常少。我们希望这个罕见病例的记录将进一步阐明这一主题,并提高临床教育水平。