[Mediastinal tumor revealed by myocardial infarction]

Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss. 2002 Oct;95(10):951-4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report the case of a patient with a past history of coronary atherosclerosis treated with primary angioplasty 5 hours following an inferior myocardial infarction. Echocardiography performed during the procedure revealed a mediastinal tumour invading the tricuspid, responsible for the occlusion of the right coronary. Infarction due to tumour compression is a rare presentation of mediastinal tumour. Diagnosis relies on echocardiographic, CT or magnetic resonance imaging. The prognosis is linked to the tumour pathology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Artery Disease / complications
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / complications
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging*
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy
  • Prognosis
  • Tricuspid Valve / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tricuspid Valve / pathology