Giant intracardiac medullary thyroid cancer metastasis

J Card Surg. 2022 Dec;37(12):5455-5456. doi: 10.1111/jocs.17162. Epub 2022 Nov 24.

Abstract

We report an unusual case of giant intracardiac medullary thyroid cancer metastasis. A 76-year-old woman with a 9-year history of medullary thyroid cancer presented an unexpected 7.5 cm mass in the right ventricle. Complete resection and tricuspid valve replacement led to 40 months survival.

Keywords: intracardiac metastasis; surgical resection; thyroid cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine* / surgery
  • Female
  • Heart
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery
  • Humans
  • Thyroid Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Thyroid Neoplasms* / surgery

Supplementary concepts

  • Thyroid cancer, medullary