Right atrial and pulmonary tumor embolism from renal rhabdomyosarcoma.
J Card Surg
; 23(6): 778-80, 2008.
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| ID: mdl-18482393
ABSTRACT
A 66-year-old male presented with rhabdomyosarcoma of the right kidney with inferior vena cava tumor thrombus and with tumor emboli to right pulmonary artery and two large fragments of tumor thrombus free floating in the right atrium. The patient underwent right radical nephrectomy and thrombectomy of the right atrium and pulmonary artery. He was discharged on postoperative day 13. To our knowledge this is the first case of large tumor embolism to the right atrium and pulmonary artery from renal rhabdomyosarcoma reported in the literature.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Artéria Pulmonar
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Embolia Pulmonar
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Rabdomiossarcoma
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Átrios do Coração
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Neoplasias Cardíacas
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Neoplasias Renais
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Card Surg
Assunto da revista:
CARDIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos