Lung Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Early Cardiac Tamponade: A Case Report
Abstract: Introduction: Lung cancer remains the most common cause of cancer death in the USA and worldwide despite continued advances in lung cancer screening and treatment. Pericardial effusion (PerF) has been found in up to 50% of postmortem patients with cancer; lung and breast cancers are the most frequent malignancies. Furthermore, it is a sign of poor outcomes with fewer than 5 months of survival. Nevertheless, PErF with or without tamponade as a presentation of lung cancer is uncommon. Case Presentation: We present a 72-year-old male without medical history who presented with 1 month of cough with white sputum and shortness of breath, progressively worsening, associated with weight loss (20 pounds). Further studies demonstrated early cardiac tamponade secondary to malignancy. Conclusion: Cardiac tamponade can arise secondarily from various etiologies and have different presentations depending on the cause. In general, it is a slowly developing and clinically silent disease process. Therefore, malignant PerFs can rarely present with hemodynamic instability and be the initial manifestation of an underlying malignancy. Our case review presents a rare case of metastatic lung adenocarcinoma manifesting as early symptomatic cardiac tamponade and as an emergency. The results might be life-threatening if this presentation is not recognized and managed appropriately. Clinicians must be aware of such atypical presentations of thoracic malignancies to take action adequately.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Lung Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Early Cardiac Tamponade: A Case Report ; volume:17 ; number:1 ; year:2024 ; pages:779-787 ; extent:9
Case reports in oncology ; 17, Heft 1 (2024), 779-787 (gesamt 9)
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Chapiolkina, Volha
Saadati, Homa
Guevara-Rodriguez, Nehemias Antonio
Francis-Morel, Garry
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10.1159/000540183
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2411272327043.241492257792
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Chapiolkina, Volha
- Saadati, Homa
- Guevara-Rodriguez, Nehemias Antonio
- Francis-Morel, Garry
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