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Postgraduate Medical Journal 2008;84:386-387; doi:10.1136/pgmj.2008.067934
© 2008 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine.

CASE REPORTS

Lung cancer mimicking left atrial mass

K K Kadappu1,2, R Rajaratnam1,2,3,4, H Kachwalla1,3,4, P D Nguyen1,3,4

1 Cardiology Department, Liverpool Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
2 University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
3 Cardiology Department, Campbelltown Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
4 University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Correspondence to:
Dr K K Kadappu, Cardiology Department, Liverpool Hospital, Elizabeth Street, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia; Kadappu{at}yahoo.co.in

Cardiac involvement in lung cancer is found in up to 25% of autopsy cases. However, despite the considerable mortality and morbidity associated with cardiac metastasis, antemortem diagnosis is unusual. A rare case of lung cancer presenting as a left atrial mass is reported.

Keywords: atrial mass; lung cancer


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