Giant intracardiac neoplasic thrombus of a large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung

Victor S Costache; Sylvie Lantuejoul; Serban Stoica; Arnaud Fluttaz; Rachid Hacini; Pierre-Yves Brichon

doi:10.1016/j.carpath.2008.10.010

Giant intracardiac neoplasic thrombus of a large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung

Cardiovasc Pathol. 2010 May-Jun;19(3):e85-7. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2008.10.010. Epub 2009 Jan 14.

Authors

Victor S Costache¹, Sylvie Lantuejoul, Serban Stoica, Arnaud Fluttaz, Rachid Hacini, Pierre-Yves Brichon

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France. [email protected]

PMID: 19144545
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2008.10.010

Abstract

Cardiac invasion by lung cancer is associated with a poor prognosis. We describe the case of a large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung with left intra-atrial extension in a patient presenting with a catastrophic nutritional status.

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Large Cell / complications*
Carcinoma, Large Cell / pathology
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / complications*
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / pathology
Echocardiography
Heart Atria / pathology*
Heart Diseases / etiology
Heart Diseases / pathology*
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Smoking / adverse effects
Thrombosis / etiology
Thrombosis / pathology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed