Concurrent intracardiac metastasis in a patient with intestinal perforation

The administration of anaesthesia to subjects with intracardiac lesions poses the potential for cardiac complications. Cardiac metastases should be identified in susceptible cases and transthoracic echocardiography performed to elucidate the nature of the cardiac lesions. We describe a case of an in...

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Published in:Anaesthesia and intensive care 2011-05, Vol.39 (3), p.496-498
Main Authors: LEE, C. T, FARRELL, S, SILBERT, B. S
Format: Article
Language:English
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Anesthesia
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Care and treatment
Case studies
Complications and side effects
Diagnosis
Echocardiography
Gastrointestinal tumors
Heart Neoplasms - secondary
Heart Neoplasms - surgery
Humans
Injuries
Intestinal Neoplasms - complications
Intestinal Neoplasms - pathology
Intestinal Neoplasms - surgery
Intestinal Perforation - surgery
Intestines
Male
Medical sciences
Metastasis
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Summary:The administration of anaesthesia to subjects with intracardiac lesions poses the potential for cardiac complications. Cardiac metastases should be identified in susceptible cases and transthoracic echocardiography performed to elucidate the nature of the cardiac lesions. We describe a case of an intracardiac metastasis in a 65-year-old subject with a small bowel tumour leading to intestinal perforation and presenting for surgical treatment. Oncological assessment of the situation, in conjunction with the anaesthetic risks, led to abandonment of surgery and palliative treatment.
ISSN:0310-057X
1448-0271
DOI:10.1177/0310057X1103900325