| Literature DB >> 24570534 |
Özcan Erdemli1, Asli Demir, Çiğdem Yildirim Güçlü, Ümit Karadeniz, Kerim Çağli.
Abstract
Two days before surgery in a 70-year-old man with renal cell carcinoma, transthoracic echocardiography showed a dense mass in the inferior vena cava, lying proximally, but no mass was observed in the right atrium. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography revealed unexpected tumor thrombi in the right atrium, and the surgical plan was changed. This case highlights the importance of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in patients with renal cell carcinoma.Entities:
Keywords: Renal cell carcinoma; inferior vena cava; thrombectomy; transesophageal echocardiography; venous thrombosis
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Year: 2013 PMID： 24570534 DOI： 10.1177/0218492312457923
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann ISSN： 0218-4923