Extension of adrenocortical carcinoma into the right atrium – echocardiographic diagnosis: A case report

BACKGROUND: Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare, highly malignant tumor. Cardiac involvement of the tumor is very rare. Echocardiography facilitates the evaluation of the cardiac involvement of the tumor. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a patient with an adrenal tumor. Transthoracic echo showed its ex...

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Autores principales: Rosen, Boaz, Rozenman, Yoseph, Harpaz, David
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC156660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12777180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-1-5
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Rozenman, Yoseph
Harpaz, David
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description BACKGROUND: Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare, highly malignant tumor. Cardiac involvement of the tumor is very rare. Echocardiography facilitates the evaluation of the cardiac involvement of the tumor. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a patient with an adrenal tumor. Transthoracic echo showed its extension into the right atrium. Accordingly, a combined abdominal and cardiac operation was performed, monitored by transesophageal echocardiography. CONCLUSION: This case highlights the importance of echocardiography in revealing the cardiac involvement by this tumor and in planning the operative procedure.
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spelling pubmed-1566602003-06-05 Extension of adrenocortical carcinoma into the right atrium – echocardiographic diagnosis: A case report Rosen, Boaz Rozenman, Yoseph Harpaz, David Cardiovasc Ultrasound Case Report BACKGROUND: Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare, highly malignant tumor. Cardiac involvement of the tumor is very rare. Echocardiography facilitates the evaluation of the cardiac involvement of the tumor. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a patient with an adrenal tumor. Transthoracic echo showed its extension into the right atrium. Accordingly, a combined abdominal and cardiac operation was performed, monitored by transesophageal echocardiography. CONCLUSION: This case highlights the importance of echocardiography in revealing the cardiac involvement by this tumor and in planning the operative procedure. BioMed Central 2003-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC156660/ /pubmed/12777180 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-1-5 Text en Copyright © 2003 Rosen et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.
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Rosen, Boaz
Rozenman, Yoseph
Harpaz, David
Extension of adrenocortical carcinoma into the right atrium – echocardiographic diagnosis: A case report
title Extension of adrenocortical carcinoma into the right atrium – echocardiographic diagnosis: A case report
title_full Extension of adrenocortical carcinoma into the right atrium – echocardiographic diagnosis: A case report
title_fullStr Extension of adrenocortical carcinoma into the right atrium – echocardiographic diagnosis: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Extension of adrenocortical carcinoma into the right atrium – echocardiographic diagnosis: A case report
title_short Extension of adrenocortical carcinoma into the right atrium – echocardiographic diagnosis: A case report
title_sort extension of adrenocortical carcinoma into the right atrium – echocardiographic diagnosis: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC156660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12777180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-1-5
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