Open AccessRenel Cell Carcinoma Presenting as Right Atrial Tumor with Successful Removal Using Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Author(s) -
Paul Jg,
Rhodes Mb,
Skow
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-197504000-00019
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiopulmonary bypass , renal cell carcinoma , nephrectomy , right atrium , inferior vena cava , dissection (medical) , thrombus , surgery , lymph node , carcinoma , cardiology , kidney
A 58-year-old male presented with signs and symptoms of right sided heart failure. Diagnostic evaluation revealed a right renal cell carcinoma with extension into the vena cava and right atrium. Surgical management included radical right nephrectomy with retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, inferior vena caval resection, and removal of the intra-atrial tumor thrombus using a cardiopulmonary bypass. Two years after surgery the patient is alive and well with no evidence of recurrent disease.