Acute Myocardial InfarctionA Rare Presentation of Pancreatic Carcinoma
作者:
Michael Cook,
E. Sanchez,
Jesse Lopez,
Dennis Bloomfield,
期刊:
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
(OVID Available online 1999)
卷期:
Volume 28,
issue 3
页码: 271-272
ISSN:0192-0790
年代: 1999
出版商: OVID
关键词: Neoplasm;Malignant pericardial effusion;Pancreatic neoplasm;Acute pericarditis;Cardiac tamponade;Myocardial infarction;Coronary artery disease
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Secondary neoplastic involvement of the heart is common but usually asymptomatic. Malignancy rarely presents as acute pericarditis, cardiac tamponade, and myocardial infarction in the same patient. We report a patient with unsuspected metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma who presented with acute pericarditis and cardiac tamponade and subsequently developed a myocardial infarction due to coronary artery occlusion secondary to a metastatic deposit around the left anterior descending artery.
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