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Franziska Tietz1, Alexandra Weidel2, Alexey Dashkevich1
1Department of Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
JACC. Case Reports
|April 29, 2024
Abstract:
A young patient, recently treated for squamous cell penile carcinoma, presented with acute myocardial infarction and severe heart failure. Despite repeatedly ruling out metastatic disease on imaging, surgery for a mechanical assist device revealed unexpected squamous cell metastasis in the pericardium. Consequently, palliative care was initiated.
Keywords:
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionSTEMIcardiac magnetic resonance imagingcardiac metastasescardio-oncologycardiogenic shockcase reportheart failuremechanical circulatory supportsquamous cell carcinoma
