Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer: Case report and review of literature
The heart is a rare site of metastasis of cancers. Although lung cancer is the most common malignancy worldwide, cardiac metastasis of lung cancer has been rarely described in literature. We describe a patient with lung cancer who presented with metastasis to the left atrium of heart. We also review...
Main Authors: | Rajendra Prasad, Saurabh Karmakar, Ahbab Hussain |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-01-01
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Series: | The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians |
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Online Access: | http://www.jacpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2320-8775;year=2016;volume=4;issue=2;spage=84;epage=86;aulast=Prasad |
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