Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives (Nov 2021)

Lung carcinoma paraneoplastic reactive regional pericarditis mimicking ST elevation myocardial infarct

  • Yadav Bijay,
  • Varun Miriyala,
  • Sadip Pant,
  • Ravi Chander,
  • Javed Nosheen,
  • Keith D. Turcotte,
  • Sophia Rizk,
  • Nick Mucciardi,
  • Kaplan Randy,
  • Shanjin Cao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2021.1973218
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 6
pp. 859 – 862

Abstract

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ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a cardiac emergency. However, multiple clinical disorders can cause ST-elevation ECG changes, one of which is pericarditis. Regional pericarditis is a less known clinical phenomenon that can mimic STEMI. We report a case of poorly differentiated lung carcinoma associated reactive regional pericarditis mimicking inferior STEMI.

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