@article{ART001180972,
author={Jung Han Kim and Joo Young Jung and Young Lee Park and Sang Ik Hwang and Chull Sung Jung and Sang Hak Lee and Chong Woo Yoo},
title={Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Initially Presenting with Intracardiac Metastasis},
journal={The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine},
issn={1226-3303},
year={2005},
volume={20},
number={1},
pages={86-89}
}

TY - JOUR
AU - Jung Han Kim
AU - Joo Young Jung
AU - Young Lee Park
AU - Sang Ik Hwang
AU - Chull Sung Jung
AU - Sang Hak Lee
AU - Chong Woo Yoo
TI - Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Initially Presenting with Intracardiac Metastasis
T2 - The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
JO - The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
PY - 2005
VL - 20
IS - 1
PB - 대한내과학회
SP - 86
EP - 89
SN - 1226-3303
AB - Intracardiac metastasis as the initial presentation of malignant neoplasm is very rare. We report here on a 64-year-old man with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) initially presenting with intracardiac metastasis which was identified with 18-F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET). The patient was admitted with complaints of exertional dyspnea and vague chest discomfort that had developed a few weeks ago. Two-dimensional echocardiography revealed a heart mass attached to its akinetic wall in the right ventricular chamber. CT and MRI demonstrated a large tumor involving the epicardium and myocardium in the right ventricle, and there was a mass in the right lower lobe of the lung along with multiple lymphadenopathies. Cytologic examination of the percutaneous needle aspiration of a lymph node in the anterior mediastinum revealed malignant epithelial cell nests, and this was strongly suggestive of squamous cell carcinoma. Subsequent FDG PET confirmed that the intracardiac mass had an abnormally increased FDG uptake, and again this was strongly suggestive of malignancy. By systemically considering these imaging studies, we were able to diagnose the mass as intracardiac metastasis of NSCLC.
KW - Cardiac metastasis, Lung cancer, PET
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Jung Han Kim, Joo Young Jung, Young Lee Park, Sang Ik Hwang, Chull Sung Jung, Sang Hak Lee and Chong Woo Yoo. 2005, "Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Initially Presenting with Intracardiac Metastasis", The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, vol.20, no.1 pp.86-89.

Jung Han Kim, Joo Young Jung, Young Lee Park, Sang Ik Hwang, Chull Sung Jung, Sang Hak Lee, Chong Woo Yoo "Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Initially Presenting with Intracardiac Metastasis" The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine 20.1 pp.86-89 (2005) : 86.

Jung Han Kim, Joo Young Jung, Young Lee Park, Sang Ik Hwang, Chull Sung Jung, Sang Hak Lee, Chong Woo Yoo. Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Initially Presenting with Intracardiac Metastasis. 2005; 20(1), 86-89.

Jung Han Kim, Joo Young Jung, Young Lee Park, Sang Ik Hwang, Chull Sung Jung, Sang Hak Lee and Chong Woo Yoo. "Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Initially Presenting with Intracardiac Metastasis" The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine 20, no.1 (2005) : 86-89.

Jung Han Kim; Joo Young Jung; Young Lee Park; Sang Ik Hwang; Chull Sung Jung; Sang Hak Lee; Chong Woo Yoo. Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Initially Presenting with Intracardiac Metastasis. The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 20(1), 86-89.

Jung Han Kim; Joo Young Jung; Young Lee Park; Sang Ik Hwang; Chull Sung Jung; Sang Hak Lee; Chong Woo Yoo. Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Initially Presenting with Intracardiac Metastasis. The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine. 2005; 20(1) 86-89.

Jung Han Kim, Joo Young Jung, Young Lee Park, Sang Ik Hwang, Chull Sung Jung, Sang Hak Lee, Chong Woo Yoo. Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Initially Presenting with Intracardiac Metastasis. 2005; 20(1), 86-89.

Jung Han Kim, Joo Young Jung, Young Lee Park, Sang Ik Hwang, Chull Sung Jung, Sang Hak Lee and Chong Woo Yoo. "Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Initially Presenting with Intracardiac Metastasis" The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine 20, no.1 (2005) : 86-89.