Author/Editor     Geršak, Borut; Lakić, Nikola; Gorjup, Vojka; Gulić, Tanja; Berden, Pavle; Šuligoj-Černič, Nataša
Title     Right ventricular metastatic choriocarcinoma obstructing inflow and outflow tract
Type     članek
Source     Ann Thorac Surg
Vol. and No.     Letnik 73
Publication year     2002
Volume     str. 1631-3
Language     eng
Abstract     We operated on a 34-year-old man with a metastatic tumor that extended from the tricuspid valve to the pulmonary valve and obstructed the right ventricle inflow and outflow tracts. The tumor was removed with preservation of the tricuspid valve. Additional chemotherapy was carried out according to the BEPO (etoposid, cisplatin, bleomycin, vincritin) scheme. Histology revealed metastasis of a choriocarcinoma originating from the right testis. Computed tomography performed after 6 months detected no metastases in the lungs. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a thickened right ventricle free wall and apex. The patient is doing well 18 months postoperatively.
Descriptors     HEART NEOPLASMS
CHORIOCARCINOMA
ADULT
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED
CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS