Electrocardiographic changes underlying central nervous system damage.

We present the case of a 58 year-old woman with dyslipidemia, ex-smoker, with no known history of heart problems, agnosed with oat-cell lung carcinoma two years earlier. She perienced extreme fatigue and inability to make fine moveents for 10 days and sought emergency care. A cerebral mputed tomography (CT) revealed a space-occupying lesion the right frontal region, indicative of metastasis. A CT of the est, abdomen, and pelvis did not show any relevant findings. We arted the patient on high doses of corticosteroids and presented e case to the brain tumor committee, which opted for excision of e lesion. The patient underwent a preoperative electrocardioam (ECG) (Fig. 1) and scheduled surgery on a week later. During