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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for the Evaluation of Suspected Cardiac Thrombus: Conventional and Emerging Techniques
Published on: June 11, 2019
Lung cancer mimicking left atrial mass
K K Kadappu1, R Rajaratnam, H Kachwalla
1Cardiology Department, Liverpool Hospital, Elizabeth Street, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia. Kadappu@yahoo.co.in
Abstract:
Cardiac involvement in lung cancer is found in up to 25% of autopsy cases. However, despite the considerable mortality and morbidity associated with cardiac metastasis, antemortem diagnosis is unusual. A rare case of lung cancer presenting as a left atrial mass is reported.
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