[Renal carcinoma extending to the inferior vena cava and the right atrium. A case report].

Kardiol Pol

Zespół Badawczo-Leczniczy Chorób Układu Krazenia, Instytut Medycyny Doświadczalnej i Klinicznej PAN, ul. Pawińskiego 5, 02-106 Warszawa.

Published: September 2006

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, magnetic 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 successfully removed during surgery.

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