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Cardiology: Open Access(COA)

ISSN: 2476-230X | DOI: 10.33140/COA

Impact Factor: 1.85

A 64 Years Old Man with a Rare and Serious Cardiac Complication of Lung Cancer

Abstract

Zahidi Hatim Amine, Badaoui Karim and Habbal Rachida

A 64 years old man with prior history of lung cancer presented with increased shortness of breath. Echocardiography showed small bright echogenic spots in the pericardial sac. Thoracic CT scan found a pneumopericardium of 24 mm and the patient was successfully managed by an urgent drainage.

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