Journal of Oncology Medicine & Practice

Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu High Speciality Training and Research Hospital, Cevizli, Turkey

Publications

• Case Report   
  Cardiac Metastasis from Small Lung Cell Carcinoma: Using Multimodality Imaging in Diagnosis and Clinical Follow up
  Author(s): Tezel Kovanci*
  
  Cardiac masses are rarely seen in clinical practice, and due to ambiguity of their symptoms, they are difficult to diagnose and mostly being diagnosed incidentally. Mostly metastases (secondary tumors) are seen in the heart and they are 20 times more common than primary tumors. Although lymphatic and blood metastases are seen also direct local invasion to the heart may be observed. Imaging techniques are touchstone in detection of cardiac masses, differential diagnosis and treatment plans. Transthoracic echocardiography, trans-esophageal echocardiography, cardiac MRI, cardiac CT provides essential information. In the differential diagnosis location of mass and character of tissue are quite important 63 year-old male patient has admitted to emergency service with complaint of increasing shortness of breath. Imaging methods and lung biopsy revealed small cell lun.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2576-3857.2025.10.283

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