Intracardiac mass as the initial manifestation of metastatic germ cell tumor.
Cardiac metastases as initial presentation of disseminated germ cell tumors have rarely been reported. The hematogenous route is believed to be the most common pattern of dissemination by germ cell tumour, mainly to the lung, central nervous system and liver. We report a 33-year-old patient with embryonal cell carcinoma who presented with an intraatrial metastatic mass as the initial manifestation of metastatic disease.
Northern Israel Oncology Center, Rambam Medical Center and Technion, Haifa.
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Reisner
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Lachter
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Haim
D000328:Adult; D018236:Carcinoma, Embryonal / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*