Acute myocardial infarction caused by coronary tumor thromboembolism: a rare primary manifestation of malignant tumor disease

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• 作者：Ann-Christin Buckendahl ; Frank Martens ; Hans-Joachim Scholman ; Carsten Denkert ; Manfred Dietel ; Wilko Weichert
• 关键词：Myocardial infarction ; Tumor thromboembolism ; Lung cancer
• 刊名：Human Pathology
• 出版年：2006
• 出版时间：February 2006
• 年：2006
• 卷：37
• 期：2
• 页码：236-238
• 全文大小：173 K

文摘

Myocardial infarction in the context of malignant tumor disease is rare but well documented and can occur through various pathophysiological mechanisms. We report an unusual case of a patient with recurrent myocardial infarction due to coronary tumor thromboembolism as the first clinical manifestation of a previously unknown squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. The possible pitfalls leading to a wrong preliminary diagnosis in our case as well as the literature on myocardial infarction in patients with cancer were discussed.