Brachial Artery Thrombosis as a Presentation of Non-Small Cell Pulmonary Carcinoma Growing Into the Left Atrium

Marie H.E.J. van Wijngaarden, MD; Marc C.J.M. Kock, MD, PhD; Marcel J.M. Kofflard, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (May 2021)

Brachial Artery Thrombosis as a Presentation of Non-Small Cell Pulmonary Carcinoma Growing Into the Left Atrium

Marie H.E.J. van Wijngaarden, MD,
Marc C.J.M. Kock, MD, PhD,
Marcel J.M. Kofflard, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Marie H.E.J. van Wijngaarden, MD: Department of Cardiology, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, the Netherlands
Marc C.J.M. Kock, MD, PhD: Department of Radiology, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, the Netherlands
Marcel J.M. Kofflard, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiology, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, the Netherlands; Address for correspondence: Dr. Marcel J.M. Kofflard, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Albert Schweitzerplaats 25, Dordrecht 3318 AT, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 5
pp. 836 – 838

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We present a case of a thrombus in the left brachial artery as a cardioembolic presentation of pulmonary carcinoma. There have been few reports describing this clinical presentation, but if present, prognosis is very poor. Therefore, a cardioembolic event should be borne in mind as an atypical presentation of pulmonary carcinoma. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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