Renal cell carcinoma presenting with heart metastasis without inferior vena caval and right atrial involvement

Suleyman Sahin; Fatih Karatas; Muhammet Bekir Hacioglu; Aydin Aytekin; Ebru Cilbir; Isik Conkbayir

doi:10.4103/0973-1482.193111

Renal cell carcinoma presenting with heart metastasis without inferior vena caval and right atrial involvement

J Cancer Res Ther. 2018 Jan-Mar;14(2):457-458. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.193111.

Authors

Suleyman Sahin¹, Fatih Karatas¹, Muhammet Bekir Hacioglu¹, Aydin Aytekin¹, Ebru Cilbir¹, Isik Conkbayir²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Oncology, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
² Department of Radiology, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 29516940
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.193111

Abstract

Heart metastasis of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) without vena cava inferior involvement is exceptionally rare. Here, we presented a case of RCC presenting with the right ventricle metastasis without inferior vena caval and right atrial involvement.

Keywords: Heart metastasis; renal cell carcinoma; right ventricle; vena cava.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnosis*
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / therapy
Combined Modality Therapy
Echocardiography
Echocardiography, Doppler
Heart Atria / pathology*
Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Heart Neoplasms / secondary*
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
Kidney Neoplasms / therapy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vena Cava, Inferior / pathology*