Abstract
A patient with carcinoma of the kidney and right heart metastasis is reported. Transesophageal echocardiography allowed to detect the cardiac metastasis and to control the efficacy of antineoplastic therapy. The surgical resection of the primitive tumor was subsequently possible.
MeSH terms
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Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
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Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / therapeutic use
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Echocardiography, Transesophageal
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Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
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Heart Neoplasms / drug therapy
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Heart Neoplasms / secondary*
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Humans
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Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
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Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Monitoring, Physiologic
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Nephrectomy
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Vinblastine / therapeutic use
Substances
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Adrenal Cortex Hormones
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Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
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Vinblastine