Renal cell carcinoma presenting as right atrial mass

Echocardiography
Eron D Crouch, T Tak

Abstract

Approximately 190 new cases of renal cell carcinoma infiltrate into the inferior vena cava and right atrium every year. Echocardiography often plays a major role in establishing the diagnosis and in guiding surgical therapy. This report describes a patient who presented with shortness of breath but had no classic signs or symptoms of renal cell carcinoma other than chronic anemia. Transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography established the diagnosis of a right atrial mass extending from the inferior vena cava that was later discovered to be renal cell carcinoma.

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May 8, 2007·Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis·Beste OzbenAhmet Oktay

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