Right atrial and pulmonary tumor embolism from renal rhabdomyosarcoma.
A 66-year-old male presented with rhabdomyosarcoma of the right kidney with inferior vena cava tumor thrombus and with tumor emboli to right pulmonary artery and two large fragments of tumor thrombus free floating in the right atrium. The patient underwent right radical nephrectomy and thrombectomy of the right atrium and pulmonary artery. He was discharged on postoperative day 13. To our knowledge this is the first case of large tumor embolism to the right atrium and pulmonary artery from renal rhabdomyosarcoma reported in the literature.
Garcia-Covarrubias
Lisardo
L
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101, USA.
Salerno
Tomas A
TA
Robinson
Philip G
PG
Ciancio
Gaetano
G
D000368:Aged; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D012307:Risk Factors; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology