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ArticleWorld journal of clinical cases2014

Transthoracic echo: A sensitive tool for detecting cardiac extension of renal cell carcinoma?

Michelle Bejarano, Yara L Cameron, Theodore C Koutlas, Assad Movahed

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Michelle BejaranoMichelle Bejarano, Yara L Cameron, Theodore C Koutlas, Assad Movahed, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, East Carolina Heart Institute and Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27834, United States.
Yara L CameronMichelle Bejarano, Yara L Cameron, Theodore C Koutlas, Assad Movahed, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, East Carolina Heart Institute and Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27834, United States.
Theodore C KoutlasMichelle Bejarano, Yara L Cameron, Theodore C Koutlas, Assad Movahed, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, East Carolina Heart Institute and Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27834, United States.
Assad MovahedMichelle Bejarano, Yara L Cameron, Theodore C Koutlas, Assad Movahed, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, East Carolina Heart Institute and Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27834, United States.

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Abstract

Renal cell carcinoma is a common urological malignancy with the unique ability to invade the inferior vena cava (IVC) and to extend into the right atrium of the heart. Of those with Renal cell carcinoma only 4%-25% are found to have IVC invasion and of those only 2%-10% extend into the right atrium. If treated surgically, extension of tumor thrombus is not a determinant of survival; therefore it is imperative to determine the presence and extent of tumor thrombus in order to determine surgical approach and tumor resection. To date this has been primarily accomplished by magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography. We present a case of 61 years old African American woman in which transthoracic echocardiography provided a more accurate determination/characterization of the presence and degree of tumor thrombus and extension.

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Cardiac extensionRenal cell carcinomaRight atrial massTumor thrombus

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PMID25133151
PMCPMC4133430

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