Huge right ventricular mass lesion associated with genital malignant tumor: a case report
Abstract Background Primary heart tumors are rare, whereas metastatic heart tumors occur more frequently. Case presentation We report a case of a 75-year-old Japanese woman who had metastatic heart tumors of the right ventricle. Although she initially received antibiotic therapy following a diagnosi...
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| author | Masaya Higashi Akihiko Hodatsu Katsuharu Uchiyama Hayato Tada Mika Mori Miho Ohira Kenshi Hayashi Masa-aki Kawashiri |
| author_facet | Masaya Higashi Akihiko Hodatsu Katsuharu Uchiyama Hayato Tada Mika Mori Miho Ohira Kenshi Hayashi Masa-aki Kawashiri |
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| description | Abstract Background Primary heart tumors are rare, whereas metastatic heart tumors occur more frequently. Case presentation We report a case of a 75-year-old Japanese woman who had metastatic heart tumors of the right ventricle. Although she initially received antibiotic therapy following a diagnosis of pneumonia and pleuritis, her symptoms worsened, and she developed dyspnea and bilateral lower limb edema. Echocardiography showed a huge mass lesion occupying the entire right ventricle. Because the patient’s tumor markers were elevated, we used computed tomography to search for the primary lesion, which was located in the vagina or the uterus. Histology demonstrated the presence of basaloid squamous cell carcinoma in the vaginal tissue. Chemotherapy with paclitaxel and carboplatin was initiated. Conclusions These data suggest that the tumor in the right ventricle metastasized from the genital organs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-229da759f46b4a979d81e37ce348bc8f2022-12-22T01:31:01ZengBMCJournal of Medical Case Reports1752-19472017-10-011111510.1186/s13256-017-1439-4Huge right ventricular mass lesion associated with genital malignant tumor: a case reportMasaya Higashi0Akihiko Hodatsu1Katsuharu Uchiyama2Hayato Tada3Mika Mori4Miho Ohira5Kenshi Hayashi6Masa-aki Kawashiri7Division of Cardiology, Keiju General HospitalDivision of Cardiology, Keiju General HospitalDivision of Cardiology, Keiju General HospitalDepartment of Cardiovascular and Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of MedicineDepartment of Cardiovascular and Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of MedicineDepartment of Cardiovascular and Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of MedicineDepartment of Cardiovascular and Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of MedicineDepartment of Cardiovascular and Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of MedicineAbstract Background Primary heart tumors are rare, whereas metastatic heart tumors occur more frequently. Case presentation We report a case of a 75-year-old Japanese woman who had metastatic heart tumors of the right ventricle. Although she initially received antibiotic therapy following a diagnosis of pneumonia and pleuritis, her symptoms worsened, and she developed dyspnea and bilateral lower limb edema. Echocardiography showed a huge mass lesion occupying the entire right ventricle. Because the patient’s tumor markers were elevated, we used computed tomography to search for the primary lesion, which was located in the vagina or the uterus. Histology demonstrated the presence of basaloid squamous cell carcinoma in the vaginal tissue. Chemotherapy with paclitaxel and carboplatin was initiated. Conclusions These data suggest that the tumor in the right ventricle metastasized from the genital organs.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-017-1439-4Cardiac tumorMetastatic heart tumorCongestive heart failure |
| spellingShingle | Masaya Higashi Akihiko Hodatsu Katsuharu Uchiyama Hayato Tada Mika Mori Miho Ohira Kenshi Hayashi Masa-aki Kawashiri Huge right ventricular mass lesion associated with genital malignant tumor: a case report Journal of Medical Case Reports Cardiac tumor Metastatic heart tumor Congestive heart failure |
| title | Huge right ventricular mass lesion associated with genital malignant tumor: a case report |
| title_full | Huge right ventricular mass lesion associated with genital malignant tumor: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Huge right ventricular mass lesion associated with genital malignant tumor: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Huge right ventricular mass lesion associated with genital malignant tumor: a case report |
| title_short | Huge right ventricular mass lesion associated with genital malignant tumor: a case report |
| title_sort | huge right ventricular mass lesion associated with genital malignant tumor a case report |
| topic | Cardiac tumor Metastatic heart tumor Congestive heart failure |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-017-1439-4 |
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