Prominent right ventricular mass in a young patient with a history of classic testicular seminoma: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The incidence of intracardiac masses is generally low. In most cases, the formation of a thrombus represents the principal diagnosis in clinical practice. The differential diagnosis mainly includes primary tumours of the heart as well as intracardiac metastases. Testicular cancer is a rare malignancy, accounting for approximately 1% of all male tumours. Cardiac metastasis of a seminoma is extremely rare.

Case summary

A 30-year-old man with a history of a classic seminoma of the right testis was referred to our university hospital from an outside clinic. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a large space-occupying mass in the right ventricle (4.0 cm × 4.5 cm × 5.5 cm) attached to the apex and septum. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the finding of a 5.

SUBMITTER: Hohmann C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6439369 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature