 |
Vol.56 No.1 contents | Japanese/English |
 | Full Text of PDF (818K) Article in Japanese |
- Case Report -
A Case of Squamous Cell Lung Cancer with Cardiac Metastases in a Never Smoker Female
Manabu Ueno1, Takahiro Abe1, Mari Sato1, Naoyuki Harada1, Yuji Shimizu1, Mitsuru Motegi11Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Takasaki General Medical Center, Japan
Background. Myocardial metastasis from squamous cell lung cancer in a never smoker female is very rare. Case. A 73-year-old woman was admitted to a local hospital due to back pain in April 2014. Because she developed myocardial infarction just after hospitalization, percutaneous cardiac intervention was performed. Chest CT showed a tumor in the left lower lobe. Therefore, she was referred to our hospital due to a lung tumor in May 2014. CT and MRI findings showed metastatic lesions in the myocardium, brain, kidney, bone and lymph nodes. The lesion of the cardiac metastases was associated with the myocardial infarction area. The patient eventually died due to consciousness disorder and circulatory failure in July 2014. Autopsy findings demonstrated squamous cell carcinoma in the left lower lung. Conclusion. The cause of myocardial infarction was considered to be the invasion of cardiac metastases of squamous cell lung cancer in a never smoker female.
key words: Never smoker, Squamous cell lung cancer, Cardiac metastases
Received: June 19, 2015
Accepted: December 2, 2015
JJLC 56 (1): 22-26, 2016
