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REVISTA PORTUGUESA DE CARDIOLOGIA
Volume 31, Issue 2, Pages 163-166Publisher
ELSEVIER DOYMA SL
DOI: 10.1016/j.repc.2011.12.011
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Esophageal cancer; Cardiac metastasis; Acute myocardial infarction
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Cardiac metastases are more common than primary tumors. Several types of malignant tumors have been reported to metastasize to the heart, mainly lung cancer, but in the setting of esophageal cancer, myocardial metastasis is comparatively rare. We report a case of a cardiac metastasis from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma detected 9 months after surgically curative esophagectomy, which presented mimicking acute myocardial infarction. The use of different imaging modalities was fundamental to a correct diagnosis considering the challenging presentation. (C) 2011 Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L. All rights reserved.
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