Vol 64, No 9 (2006)
Other
Published online: 2006-10-11
Case reports
Renal carcinoma extending to the inferior vena cava and the right atrium. A case report
DOI: 10.33963/v.kp.81168
Kardiol Pol 2006;64(9):999-1001.
Abstract
A case of a 66-year-old male hospitalised due to heart failure is presented. Echocardiography showed an abnormal structure in the right atrium resembling myxoma or thrombus. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed a right renal tumor. Finally, magnethic resonance imaging showed that the abnormal structure in the right atrium was a neoplasmatic plug continuously extending from renal carcinoma. The renal tumor and it’s metastatic plug were succesfully removed during surgery.
Keywords: myxomaprimary heart tumorsmetastatic heart tumors
