Rare cause for sudden right heart failure.
Right heart failure occurs daily in clinical settings, but an underlying cardiac malignant tumor is very uncommon. We report a case of a 48-year-old man presenting only with palpitations and decompensated heart failure. Echocardiographic imaging revealed a large tumor of the right ventricle. Shortly after a putatively successful surgical approach, the patient was admitted again with heart failure symptoms. On reassessment, a complete relapse with multiple metastases could be seen. Generally, cardiac malignant tumors are diagnosed at a time-point when therapeutic options are very limited or even postmortem. Broad echocardiographic screening in patients with unspecific symptoms might be helpful to detect cardiac malignant tumors at early stages.
Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Amir M
AM
Nia
Natig
N
Gassanov
Matthias
M
Schmidt
Ferdinand
F
Kuhn-Régnier
Erland
E
Erdmann
Fikret
F
Er
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000150:complications*; D010166:Palliative Care