Metastatic ovarian cancer presenting as takotsubo cardiomyopathy: A case report
| Autor: | Po-Fun Chan, Jamie Sin-Ying Ho, Tiong-Cheng Yeo, Ching-Hui Sia, Timothy Yi Ming Ng, Shuyun Cen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Environmental Engineering medicine.drug_class business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Cardiomyopathy Cancer Thoracentesis takotsubo cardiomyopathy medicine.disease Malignancy Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ovarian cancer Heart failure RC666-701 medicine Natriuretic peptide stress cardiomyopathy Adenocarcinoma Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system Radiology Ovarian cancer business left ventricular systolic dysfunction malignancy |
| Zdroj: | Heart and Mind, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 61-63 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2468-6484 2468-6476 |
| Popis: | A 65-year-old female presented with 2 weeks of dyspnoea, associated with orthopnoea and lower limb pitting edema. There were no prior major physical or emotional stressors. Initial investigations showed elevated N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-ProBNP), Troponin-I and dynamic ST-T changes on electrocardiogram. Coronary angiography was normal and echocardiography demonstrated apical akinesis and ballooning with normokinesis of the base of the left ventricle. A diagnosis of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) was made. The patient was initially treated for heart failure as well but a thoracentesis of pleural fluid demonstrated adenocarcinoma. Computed tomography revealed newly diagnosed metastatic ovarian adenocarcinoma. To our knowledge, TC as a presentation of undiagnosed metastatic ovarian cancer has not been reported before and we believe that this case adds to the growing literature of the link between TC and cancer. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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