Metastatic Testicular Cancer to Left Atrium via the Left Inferior Pulmonary Vein: A Case Report

Shital Vachhani; Andrea Rodriguez-Restrepo; January Y. Tsai; Teresa L. Moon; Javier D. Lasala

doi:10.1016/j.jmu.2017.02.002

Metastatic Testicular Cancer to Left Atrium via the Left Inferior Pulmonary Vein: A Case Report

Shital Vachhani, Andrea Rodriguez-Restrepo, January Y. Tsai, Teresa L. Moon, Javier D. Lasala

Anesthesiology & PeriOperative Medicine

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

Testicular cancer is one of the most common cancers diagnosed in young men. Frequent sites of metastasis include the retroperitoneum, lungs, liver, brain, and bone. Intracardiac metastasis has also been described. An 18-year-old boy with a history of mixed testicular germ cell tumor presented to our institution for surgical resection of his metastatic disease. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography during his surgery confirmed a tumor thrombus into the left atrium coming from the left pulmonary vein. We report a case of metastatic testicular cancer with rare tumor extension from the left inferior pulmonary vein into the left atrium. Perioperative transesophageal echocardiography was necessary to aid intraoperative diagnosis and confirmation of the intracardiac tumor, providing data to guide surgical strategy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	52-54
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Medical Ultrasound
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmu.2017.02.002
State	Published - Mar 2017

Keywords

intracardiac tumor
metastasis
testicular germ cell tumor
transesophageal echocardiography

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

Access to Document

10.1016/j.jmu.2017.02.002

Cite this

@article{8e5761ce24f446caa685d5b58caff047,

title = "Metastatic Testicular Cancer to Left Atrium via the Left Inferior Pulmonary Vein: A Case Report",

abstract = "Testicular cancer is one of the most common cancers diagnosed in young men. Frequent sites of metastasis include the retroperitoneum, lungs, liver, brain, and bone. Intracardiac metastasis has also been described. An 18-year-old boy with a history of mixed testicular germ cell tumor presented to our institution for surgical resection of his metastatic disease. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography during his surgery confirmed a tumor thrombus into the left atrium coming from the left pulmonary vein. We report a case of metastatic testicular cancer with rare tumor extension from the left inferior pulmonary vein into the left atrium. Perioperative transesophageal echocardiography was necessary to aid intraoperative diagnosis and confirmation of the intracardiac tumor, providing data to guide surgical strategy.",

keywords = "intracardiac tumor, metastasis, testicular germ cell tumor, transesophageal echocardiography",

author = "Shital Vachhani and Andrea Rodriguez-Restrepo and Tsai, {January Y.} and Moon, {Teresa L.} and Lasala, {Javier D.}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017",

year = "2017",

month = mar,

doi = "10.1016/j.jmu.2017.02.002",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "25",

pages = "52--54",

journal = "Journal of Medical Ultrasound",

issn = "0929-6441",

publisher = "Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Metastatic Testicular Cancer to Left Atrium via the Left Inferior Pulmonary Vein

T2 - A Case Report

AU - Vachhani, Shital

AU - Rodriguez-Restrepo, Andrea

AU - Tsai, January Y.

AU - Moon, Teresa L.

AU - Lasala, Javier D.

PY - 2017/3

Y1 - 2017/3

N2 - Testicular cancer is one of the most common cancers diagnosed in young men. Frequent sites of metastasis include the retroperitoneum, lungs, liver, brain, and bone. Intracardiac metastasis has also been described. An 18-year-old boy with a history of mixed testicular germ cell tumor presented to our institution for surgical resection of his metastatic disease. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography during his surgery confirmed a tumor thrombus into the left atrium coming from the left pulmonary vein. We report a case of metastatic testicular cancer with rare tumor extension from the left inferior pulmonary vein into the left atrium. Perioperative transesophageal echocardiography was necessary to aid intraoperative diagnosis and confirmation of the intracardiac tumor, providing data to guide surgical strategy.

AB - Testicular cancer is one of the most common cancers diagnosed in young men. Frequent sites of metastasis include the retroperitoneum, lungs, liver, brain, and bone. Intracardiac metastasis has also been described. An 18-year-old boy with a history of mixed testicular germ cell tumor presented to our institution for surgical resection of his metastatic disease. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography during his surgery confirmed a tumor thrombus into the left atrium coming from the left pulmonary vein. We report a case of metastatic testicular cancer with rare tumor extension from the left inferior pulmonary vein into the left atrium. Perioperative transesophageal echocardiography was necessary to aid intraoperative diagnosis and confirmation of the intracardiac tumor, providing data to guide surgical strategy.

KW - intracardiac tumor

KW - metastasis

KW - testicular germ cell tumor

KW - transesophageal echocardiography

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85017147194&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85017147194&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.jmu.2017.02.002

DO - 10.1016/j.jmu.2017.02.002

M3 - Article

C2 - 30065455

AN - SCOPUS:85017147194

SN - 0929-6441

VL - 25

SP - 52

EP - 54

JO - Journal of Medical Ultrasound

JF - Journal of Medical Ultrasound

IS - 1

ER -

Metastatic Testicular Cancer to Left Atrium via the Left Inferior Pulmonary Vein: A Case Report

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this