Atrial Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Rare Presentation

Cardiol Res. 2018 Jun;9(3):183-185. doi: 10.14740/cr690w. Epub 2018 Jun 6.

Abstract

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is an aggressive and lethal tumor that has a high frequency of metastatic spread to unpredictable sites. One quarter of patients have either distant metastases or significant local-regional disease with atypical symptoms on presentation. We present a 41-year-old patient with symptoms of right heart failure and was found to have metastatic renal cell carcinoma with enhancing tumor from left renal vein up to right atrium.

Keywords: Inferior vena cava; Metastasis; Renal cell carcinoma; Right atrial mass.

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  • Case Reports