Metastatic adenocarcinoma involving the right ventricle and pulmonary artery leading to right heart failure: case report
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Resumo: | ABSTRACT CONTEXT: Obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract due to metastatic disease is rare. Clinical recognition of cardiac metastatic tumors is rare and continues to present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. CASE REPORT: We present the case of a patient who had severe respiratory insufficiency and whose clinical examinations revealed a giant tumor mass extending from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery. We discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic options. CONCLUSION: In patients presenting with acute right heart failure, right ventricular masses should be kept in mind. Transthoracic echocardiography appears to be the most easily available, noninvasive, cost-effective and useful technique in making the differential diagnosis. |
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Metastatic adenocarcinoma involving the right ventricle and pulmonary artery leading to right heart failure: case reportNeoplasm metastasisAdenocarcinomaEchocardiographyHeart failurePulmonary arteryABSTRACT CONTEXT: Obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract due to metastatic disease is rare. Clinical recognition of cardiac metastatic tumors is rare and continues to present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. CASE REPORT: We present the case of a patient who had severe respiratory insufficiency and whose clinical examinations revealed a giant tumor mass extending from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery. We discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic options. CONCLUSION: In patients presenting with acute right heart failure, right ventricular masses should be kept in mind. Transthoracic echocardiography appears to be the most easily available, noninvasive, cost-effective and useful technique in making the differential diagnosis.Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM2018-05-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802018000300262Sao Paulo Medical Journal v.136 n.3 2018reponame:São Paulo medical journal (Online)instname:Associação Paulista de Medicinainstacron:APM10.1590/1516-3180.2016.0351280117info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessKarabag,TurgutArslan,CanerYakisan,TurabVatan,AzizSak,Duygueng2018-07-10T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1516-31802018000300262Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/spmjhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phprevistas@apm.org.br1806-94601516-3180opendoar:2018-07-10T00:00São Paulo medical journal (Online) - Associação Paulista de Medicinafalse |
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Metastatic adenocarcinoma involving the right ventricle and pulmonary artery leading to right heart failure: case report |
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Metastatic adenocarcinoma involving the right ventricle and pulmonary artery leading to right heart failure: case report |
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Metastatic adenocarcinoma involving the right ventricle and pulmonary artery leading to right heart failure: case report Karabag,Turgut Neoplasm metastasis Adenocarcinoma Echocardiography Heart failure Pulmonary artery |
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Metastatic adenocarcinoma involving the right ventricle and pulmonary artery leading to right heart failure: case report |
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Metastatic adenocarcinoma involving the right ventricle and pulmonary artery leading to right heart failure: case report |
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Metastatic adenocarcinoma involving the right ventricle and pulmonary artery leading to right heart failure: case report |
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Metastatic adenocarcinoma involving the right ventricle and pulmonary artery leading to right heart failure: case report |
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Metastatic adenocarcinoma involving the right ventricle and pulmonary artery leading to right heart failure: case report |
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Karabag,Turgut |
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Karabag,Turgut Arslan,Caner Yakisan,Turab Vatan,Aziz Sak,Duygu |
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Arslan,Caner Yakisan,Turab Vatan,Aziz Sak,Duygu |
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Karabag,Turgut Arslan,Caner Yakisan,Turab Vatan,Aziz Sak,Duygu |
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Neoplasm metastasis Adenocarcinoma Echocardiography Heart failure Pulmonary artery |
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Neoplasm metastasis Adenocarcinoma Echocardiography Heart failure Pulmonary artery |
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ABSTRACT CONTEXT: Obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract due to metastatic disease is rare. Clinical recognition of cardiac metastatic tumors is rare and continues to present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. CASE REPORT: We present the case of a patient who had severe respiratory insufficiency and whose clinical examinations revealed a giant tumor mass extending from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery. We discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic options. CONCLUSION: In patients presenting with acute right heart failure, right ventricular masses should be kept in mind. Transthoracic echocardiography appears to be the most easily available, noninvasive, cost-effective and useful technique in making the differential diagnosis. |
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