Unusual intracardiac metastasis of a testicular embryonal carcinoma.
In this report, we present a case of a metastasis of an embryonal carcinoma, unusually located in the right atrium, which was clinically revealed by a systemic paradox embolism through an atrial septal defect. The primary tumor was found in an undescended testis.
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Giunta
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D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology