Metastatic Adenocarcinoma Involving the Right Ventricle and Pulmonary Artery Leading to Right Heart Failure: Case Report

Overview

Journal Sao Paulo Med J

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2017 Jun 1

PMID 28562738

Citations 4

Authors

Turgut Karabag

Caner Arslan

Turab Yakisan

Aziz Vatan

Duygu Sak

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Abstract

Context: Obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract due to metastatic disease is rare. Clinical recognition of cardiac metastatic tumors is rare and continues to present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.

Case Report: We present the case of a patient who had severe respiratory insufficiency and whose clinical examinations revealed a giant tumor mass extending from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery. We discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic options.

Conclusion: In patients presenting with acute right heart failure, right ventricular masses should be kept in mind. Transthoracic echocardiography appears to be the most easily available, noninvasive, cost-effective and useful technique in making the differential diagnosis.

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