title: Metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the right ventricle complicating thrombocytopenia.
abstract: Solitary right ventricular metastasis of renal cell carcinoma is extremely rare. Herein, we report a surgical case of metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the right ventricle, associated with an unusual presentation of "a syndrome resembling idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura".
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Koseinenkin Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kadoba
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maruhashi
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms; D008875:Middle Aged; D010976:Platelet Count; D011379:Prognosis; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed