Metastatic right atrial tumor in colon cancer with superior vena cava syndrome and tricuspid obstruction.
Metastatic colon carcinoma of the heart is a rare diagnosis, and an uncommon finding at autopsy. This report describes a patient with a huge intracavitary colonic metastasis of the right atrium causing both a superior vena cava syndrome and an obstruction of the tricuspid valve. To our knowledge, no similar case has been previously reported.
Nishida
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Department of Surgery, Iowa Methodist Medical Center.
Grooters
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Coster
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Soltanzadeh
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Thieman
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000473:pathology; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000473:pathology; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery