Acute myocardial infarction - A rare presentation of pancreatic carcinoma

Authors
Cook, M Sanchez, EJ Lopez, JJ Bloomfield, DA
Citation
M. Cook et al., Acute myocardial infarction - A rare presentation of pancreatic carcinoma, J CLIN GAST, 28(3), 1999, pp. 271-272
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenerology and Hepatology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY
ISSN journal
01920790 → ACNP
Volume
28
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
271 - 272
Database
ISI
SICI code
0192-0790(199904)28:3<271:AMI-AR>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Secondary neoplastic involvement of the heart is common but usually asympto matic. Malignancy rarely presents as acute pericarditis, cardiac tamponade, and myocardial infarction in the same patient. We report a patient with un suspected metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma who presented with acute per icarditis and cardiac tamponade and subsequently developed a myocardial inf arction due to coronary artery occlusion secondary to a metastatic deposit around the left anterior descending artery.