Left Atrial Extension of a Wilms’ Tumor

Isolated involvement of the left heart chambers by metastases of malignant tumors is extremely rare. We report a case of an 8-year-old child, with a left atrial metastasis of a Wilms’ tumor detected in a control nuclear magnetic resonance 1 year after left inferior lobectomy for metastatic extension...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Annals of thoracic surgery 2005-09, Vol.80 (3), p.e8-e9
Hauptverfasser: Coutinho, Gonçalo F., Heitor, Fátima, Antunes, Pedro E., Antunes, Manuel J.
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Zusammenfassung:Isolated involvement of the left heart chambers by metastases of malignant tumors is extremely rare. We report a case of an 8-year-old child, with a left atrial metastasis of a Wilms’ tumor detected in a control nuclear magnetic resonance 1 year after left inferior lobectomy for metastatic extension of the kidney tumor, which was diagnosed 4 years earlier. The metastasis was excised en bloc with a disc of the posterior left atrial wall.
ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.04.036