Rapid Extension of Left Adrenocortical Carcinoma into the Right Atrium
| Autor: | John J. Lee, Stephen A. Geller, Robert J. Siegel, Sharo Raissi, Joel Kupfer |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Peripheral edema Vena Cava Inferior Chest pain Inferior vena cava Heart Neoplasms Internal medicine Adrenocortical Carcinoma medicine Humans Adrenocortical carcinoma Neoplasm Invasiveness Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Heart Atria cardiovascular diseases business.industry medicine.disease Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms Rare tumor medicine.anatomical_structure medicine.vein Echocardiography Hospital admission Right heart cardiovascular system Cardiology Right atrium Female Radiology medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 11:86-88 |
| ISSN: | 0894-7317 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0894-7317(98)70128-2 |
| Popis: | Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare tumor which can extend into the right heart via the inferior vena cava. We describe a case of a 26-year-old woman who had progressive shortness of breath, intermittent chest pain, and peripheral edema. A two-dimensional echocardiogram on hospital admission showed a large multinodular mass in the right atrium which extended into the inferior vena cava. Further studies showed that this mass was adrenocortical carcinoma. An echocardiogram performed 3 weeks before admission was completely normal. It appears that an adrenocortical carcinoma is capable of rapid growth up the inferior vena cava and into the right atrium. (J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1998;11:86-8.) |
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