Cardiology Unit "A. Perrino" Hospital, Brindisi, 72100, Italy.
Cardiology Unit "L. Bonomo" Hospital, Andria, BAT, 76123, Italy.
Future Cardiol. 2024 Apr 25;20(5-6):263-268. doi: 10.1080/14796678.2024.2360845. Epub 2024 Jun 20.
Cardiac tumors, due to the various clinical scenarios and their histological subtypes, are still challenging for clinicians. They are differentiated into primary and secondary. The latest are more common and are usually lung and breast cancers, melanomas, and lymphoma metastasis. We present a case of a 73-year-old woman, with a history of breast cancer 10 years earlier, admitted to Cath lab for an elevation of the ST-segment of the electrocardiogram, myocardial infarction. Echocardiogram showed a curious abnormality in the myocardial wall. Thanks to a multimodality imaging strategy, including contrast-enhanced echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance, characterization of the underlying pathology was clear and, thus, the appropriate management and therapy.
心脏肿瘤,由于其各种临床情况和组织学亚型,仍然对临床医生具有挑战性。它们分为原发性和继发性。后者更为常见,通常是肺癌、乳腺癌、黑色素瘤和淋巴瘤转移。我们介绍了一位 73 岁女性的病例,她 10 年前患有乳腺癌,因心电图 ST 段抬高而入住心内科,诊断为心肌梗死。超声心动图显示心肌壁有一个奇怪的异常。通过包括对比增强超声心动图和心脏磁共振成像在内的多模态成像策略,明确了潜在病理学的特征,从而确定了适当的管理和治疗方法。