Right atrial and pulmonary tumor embolism from renal rhabdomyosarcoma

J Card Surg. 2008 Nov-Dec;23(6):778-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00599.x. Epub 2008 May 14.

Abstract

A 66-year-old male presented with rhabdomyosarcoma of the right kidney with inferior vena cava tumor thrombus and with tumor emboli to right pulmonary artery and two large fragments of tumor thrombus free floating in the right atrium. The patient underwent right radical nephrectomy and thrombectomy of the right atrium and pulmonary artery. He was discharged on postoperative day 13. To our knowledge this is the first case of large tumor embolism to the right atrium and pulmonary artery from renal rhabdomyosarcoma reported in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Heart Atria / pathology*
  • Heart Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Nephrectomy
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology*
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery
  • Pulmonary Embolism / etiology*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / pathology
  • Pulmonary Embolism / surgery
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / secondary*
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / surgery
  • Risk Factors
  • Thromboembolism / etiology
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / pathology