Cause of chest pain in a patient with previous myocardial infarction: look outside the heart for extracardiac mass

Chonnam Med J. 2011 Dec;47(3):177-80. doi: 10.4068/cmj.2011.47.3.177. Epub 2011 Dec 26.

Abstract

We report a case of thymic carcinoma that was initially detected by echocardiography in an 80-year-old male who visited the emergency room for chest pain and had a history of myocardial infarction and percutaneous coronary intervention. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a huge extracardiac mass that was located in the anterior mediastinum and was diagnosed as a thymic carcinoma by biopsy.

Keywords: Chest pain; Echocardiography; Molecular Weight.

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  • Case Reports