A Rare Case of Testicular Teratoma Metastasizing to the Right Ventricle

We describe a case of testicular teratoma with metastasis to the right ventricle. The mass nearly completely resolved with chemotherapy, obviating the need for upfront surgery. We review the workup of intracardiac metastatic tumors. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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Autores principales: Abdulla, Amer, Durand, Jean-Bernard, Lopez-Mattei, Juan, Palaskas, Nicolas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Mini-Focus Issue: Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8305120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317482
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.10.021
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spelling pubmed-83051202021-07-26 A Rare Case of Testicular Teratoma Metastasizing to the Right Ventricle Abdulla, Amer Durand, Jean-Bernard Lopez-Mattei, Juan Palaskas, Nicolas JACC Case Rep Mini-Focus Issue: Imaging We describe a case of testicular teratoma with metastasis to the right ventricle. The mass nearly completely resolved with chemotherapy, obviating the need for upfront surgery. We review the workup of intracardiac metastatic tumors. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Elsevier 2021-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8305120/ /pubmed/34317482 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.10.021 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Mini-Focus Issue: Imaging
Abdulla, Amer
Durand, Jean-Bernard
Lopez-Mattei, Juan
Palaskas, Nicolas
A Rare Case of Testicular Teratoma Metastasizing to the Right Ventricle
title A Rare Case of Testicular Teratoma Metastasizing to the Right Ventricle
title_full A Rare Case of Testicular Teratoma Metastasizing to the Right Ventricle
title_fullStr A Rare Case of Testicular Teratoma Metastasizing to the Right Ventricle
title_full_unstemmed A Rare Case of Testicular Teratoma Metastasizing to the Right Ventricle
title_short A Rare Case of Testicular Teratoma Metastasizing to the Right Ventricle
title_sort rare case of testicular teratoma metastasizing to the right ventricle
topic Mini-Focus Issue: Imaging
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8305120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317482
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.10.021
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