Intracardiac Metastasis of Testicular Embryonal CarcinomaThat Presented with a Right Ventricular Mass / 대한흉부외과학회지
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
; : 81-85, 2010.
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in Ko
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ABSTRACT
Metastases to the heart are rarely diagnosed before the patient dies. A 26-year-old man was admitted with multiple metastasis of a testicular embryonal carcinoma and he was found to have intracardiac metastasis. Echocardiography showed that he had a mass rising from the interventricular septum and it was floating through the right ventricular outflow tract. The histology of the mass we removed from the right ventricle was consistent with testicular embryonal carcinoma. The patient made a smooth recovery after surgical intervention and chemotherapy. We believe this is the first reported case of testicular embryonal carcinoma that metastasized to the heart and that was successfully removed via surgery in Korea.
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Main subject:
Testicular Neoplasms
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Echocardiography
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Carcinoma, Embryonal
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Heart
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Heart Neoplasms
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Heart Ventricles
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Korea
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Neoplasm Metastasis
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Ko
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
2010
Type:
Article