Left ventricular intracavitary mass and pericarditis secondary to metastatic renal cell carcinoma--a case report.
Cardiac metastases from renal cell carcinoma are a well-recognized entity. However, this phenomenon is extremely rare in the absence of vena caval extension. The authors report a patient who after successful resection of renal cell carcinoma presented with left ventricular mass causing left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. There was also metastatic pericardial and intramyocardial involvement. Such a unique combination of cardiac metastasis, in the same patient, has not been reported previously.
Safi
Arshad M
AM
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, 121 DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA.
Rachko
Maurice
M
Sadeghinia
Sharon
S
Zineldin
Amadeldin
A
Dong
Jinwen
J
Stein
Richard A
RA
D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology*; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*