Pagetoid spread of bronchogenic carcinoma.

DIS. CHEST, VOL. 56, NO. 1, JULY 1969 cases fall in the fifth and seventh decades. In those reports in which sex is noted, there was an even distribution and in those cases in which clinical information is available, intractable congestive heart failure was the major presenting sign. As in the case reported here, there were 11 instances of hemopericardium. Although the heart was cited as the sole organ involved in ten cases, in only one case was there enough information available for this conclusion to be acceptable.