Malignant mesothelioma associated with localized myocardial fibrosis: a case report

Left ventricular dysfunction is a common reason for patients’ referral to cardiology departments for examination. Cardiac involvement is one of the possible yet rare presentations of malignant mesothelioma. We present a case of a patient in whom a routine cardiac examination and imaging revealed mal...

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Autores principales: Vymetalova, Kristyna, Tomasov, Pavol, Polasek, Rostislav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8186214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34098884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-021-02079-2
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author Vymetalova, Kristyna
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description Left ventricular dysfunction is a common reason for patients’ referral to cardiology departments for examination. Cardiac involvement is one of the possible yet rare presentations of malignant mesothelioma. We present a case of a patient in whom a routine cardiac examination and imaging revealed malignant mesothelioma. We discuss a possible association between a malignant tumor and myocardial scarring and how the oncologic treatment is influenced by concomitant heart failure. This article aims to raise awareness of the importance of multidisciplinary cooperation and thinking beyond the daily routine of our specialty to ensure the quality care of our patients. It also forced us to think about the possible causes of the association between malignant mesothelioma and myocardial fibrosis. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12872-021-02079-2.
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spelling pubmed-81862142021-06-10 Malignant mesothelioma associated with localized myocardial fibrosis: a case report Vymetalova, Kristyna Tomasov, Pavol Polasek, Rostislav BMC Cardiovasc Disord Case Report Left ventricular dysfunction is a common reason for patients’ referral to cardiology departments for examination. Cardiac involvement is one of the possible yet rare presentations of malignant mesothelioma. We present a case of a patient in whom a routine cardiac examination and imaging revealed malignant mesothelioma. We discuss a possible association between a malignant tumor and myocardial scarring and how the oncologic treatment is influenced by concomitant heart failure. This article aims to raise awareness of the importance of multidisciplinary cooperation and thinking beyond the daily routine of our specialty to ensure the quality care of our patients. It also forced us to think about the possible causes of the association between malignant mesothelioma and myocardial fibrosis. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12872-021-02079-2. BioMed Central 2021-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8186214/ /pubmed/34098884 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-021-02079-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34098884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-021-02079-2
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