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Ghulam Murtaza1, Muhammad Khalid1, Abdul Khan1
1Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, East Tennessee State University, 325 N state of Franklin Road, Johnson City, TN 37604, USA.
Abstract:
Tumor thrombus in left atrium (LA) is very rare but a serious complication in patients with malignancy. It has a significant impact on clinical decision making, staging and prognosis in oncological patients. Tumor thrombus is seen in a wide variety of malignancies. While rare, lung cancer tumor thrombus may occur. Rarely, it can even extend into LA. Usually, it is managed by surgical resection with chemotherapy. We describe a rare case of tumor thrombus in a patient with squamous cell carcinoma of lung that was managed with chemo- and radiation therapy.

