ABSTRACT
A complex case of inferior wall infarction with ventricular septal defect and severe tricuspid valve regurgitation due to acute papillary muscle rupture in a 65 year-old male is described. This constellation of pathological lesions and the surgical approach to the repair have not been previously described.
Subject(s)
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular , Shock, Cardiogenic , Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency , Aged , Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular/etiology , Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular/pathology , Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular/surgery , Humans , Male , Shock, Cardiogenic/complications , Shock, Cardiogenic/pathology , Shock, Cardiogenic/surgery , Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency/etiology , Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency/pathology , Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency/surgeryABSTRACT
We present a patient originally treated with definitive chemoradiation therapy for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) of the right lower lobe. At 8 years post-therapy tumor recurred at the site of the original lesion without evidence of distant disease and was treated with lobectomy. Pathology demonstrated the tumor was a basaloid carcinoma (BC) rather than SCLC. She is alive and well at 2 years following her resection and 10 years following her definitive chemoradiation therapy.