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Pathological Analysis of Lung Metastasis Following Lateral Tail-Vein Injection of Tumor Cells
Published on: May 20, 2020
An unusual case of aortic metastasis from lung cancer
Rodica Diaconu1, Roberta Florescu2, Anne Cornelissen2
1Department of Cardiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania.
Abstract:
In patients with cardiovascular events, such as myocardial infarction or aortic dissection without known risk factors for cardiovascular disease, neoplastic disease should be considered as a differential diagnosis. In this report, we present a case of a 51-year old man with previously undiagnosed non-small lung cancer leading to fatal cardiovascular complications due to hemovascular spread, diagnosed post-mortem. This case illustrates the value of autopsy in unexpected deaths.

