Cor Vasa 2019, 61(5):537-542 | DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2018.07.005

(ST segment elevations caused by invasion of carcinoma of the thymus to the myocardium)

Věra Müllerová^a,b, Jozef Jakabčin^a,b, Vladěna Skálová^b,c, Pavel Červinka^a,b

^a Kardiologická klinika, Krajská zdravotní, a.s., Masarykova nemocnice v Ústí nad Labem, o.z.

^b Univerzita J. E. Purkyně, Ústí nad Labem

^c Klinika radiologie, Krajská zdravotní, a.s., Masarykova nemocnice v Ústí nad Labem, o.z.

Pathological ST segment elevations in 12-lead ECG are in most cases caused by ischemic heart disease dur- ing acute transmural infarction. ST segment elevations in ECG can even have non-ischemic etiology during another cardiac disease and there are also rare causes of ST elevations of a non-cardiac origin. In this case report, the authors present the case of a 68-year-old male patient with carcinoma of the thymus, which was growing through to the cardiac structures and was the cause of pathological ST elevations in ECG.

Keywords: Electrocardiography, ST segment elevation, Thymomas, Tumors of anterior mediastinum, Tumors of the heart

Published: October 20, 2019  Show citation