Iranian Heart Journal

Iranian Heart Journal

Successful Surgical Resection of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Inferior Vena Cava and the Right Atrium: A Case Presentation

Authors
Hamid Hoseinikhah
Mohammad Abbasi Teshnisi
Shima Sheybani
Narges Imanirad
Ali Pirzadeh
Aliasghar Moeinipour
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Atherosclerosis Prevention Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, I.R. Iran.
Abstract
We describe a 62-year-old woman, a known case of advanced renal cell carcinoma with the extension of the tumor up to the involvement of the inferior vena cava (IVC) and the right atrium (RA). The patient complained of gross hematuria and peripheral edema. Echocardiography revealed near total occlusion of the IVC with a tumor at the site of the orifice of the RA in addition to a mobile mass in the RA protruding across the tricuspid valve. The patient underwent a successful surgical resection of the tumor at the IVC and RA junction under cardiopulmonary bypass. Patient had uneventful recovery and discharged 1 week later. (Iranian Heart Journal 2017; 18(2):50-52)
Keywords
Renal cell carcinoma
Cardiac metastasis
Cardiac surgery
Iranian Heart Journal
Volume 18, Issue 2
Spring 2017
Pages 50-52