title: [Right atrial metastasis as an initial clinical manifestation of adenocarcinoma of the colon].
abstract: We report the case of a young woman suffering from colonic mucinous adenocarcinoma with the unusual clinical presentation as a right atrial metastasis. The tumor was successfully resected, and after histopathological characterization, the primary lesion was searched for and discovered. The tumor had the clinical appearance and echocardiographic pattern of a pedunculated atrial myxoma. The aspects of echo-patterns useful for differential diagnosis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Cardiologia, U.S.L. 17 Valdarno Inferiore.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zipoli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bartoli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fradella
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sansoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brandinelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mazza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ieri
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Metastasi atriale destra come prima manifestazione clinica di adenocarcinoma del colon.