Erschienen in:
01.09.2012 | Case study
Intracardiac metastasis from germ cell testicular tumor
verfasst von:
Ž.S. Jonjev, MD, PhD, J. Rajić, MD, M. Majin, MD, D. Donat, MD
Erschienen in:
Herz
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Ausgabe 6/2012
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Abstract
Intracardiac metastases of germ cell testicular tumors are not commonly seen in clinical practice. The clinical presentation of right-sided heart metastases ranges widely. Depending upon its size and intracardiac location, it could be highly symptomatic, leading to a congestive heart failure, pulmonary embolism, and death, or completely asymptomatic. Improved imaging techniques and treatment strategies demonstrate that right-sided heart metastasis should be considered a potentially dangerous but treatable disease. Presented is the case of a 24-year-old man with a testicular nonseminomatous germ cell tumor, which after metastasizing in the right atrium differentiated into a teratoma and resulted in an inflow obstruction of the right ventricle.