title: Tricuspid valve obstruction caused by plasmacytoma metastasis.
abstract: A patient undergoing resection of a solid, right-sided intracardiac plasmacytoma metastasis causing severe dyspnea and tricuspid valve obstruction is reported. A review of the literature verified the rarity of this clinical finding.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carrel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Linka
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Turina
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*