Solitary cardiac metastasis from a clear cell carcinoma of the kidney. A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 573-576

  Zattera, G F ^a,b   Alloni, A ^a   D'Armini, A M ^a   Rinaldi, M ^a   Grande, A M ^a   Vigano M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac neoplasms, secondary; Clear cell carcinoma; Metastases; Surgery; Tomography, emission computed

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; HEART METASTASIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADENOCARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART TUMOR; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 15744375784     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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