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Metastatic renal cell carcinoma to right ventricle without vena caval involvement
Author(s) -
Sato Takuma,
Takeda Atsushi,
Yamada Shigeyuki,
Numata Isao,
Sakamoto Kazuhiro
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2008.01996.x
Subject(s) - medicine , renal cell carcinoma , ventricle , right heart , radiology , cardiology , vena cava , carcinoma
Cardiac metastases from renal cell carcinoma without vena caval involvement are extremely rare. We report 49‐year‐old man who presented symptoms of heart failure and thrombocytopenia. Computed tomography and echocardiography revealed a left renal tumor and a right ventricular mass without vena caval involvement. His symptoms progressed rapidly and he died at nine days following diagnosis of the right ventricular tumor.