Unusual presentation of renal cell carcinoma with right atrial thrombus impinging on tricuspid valve leading to tricuspid stenosis– A case report

Santosh Kumar Pandey; Uttam Kumar Mukhopadhyay; Ansuman Mondal; P.K. Sanki

Volume : IV, Issue : VII, July - 2015

Unusual presentation of renal cell carcinoma with right atrial thrombus impinging on tricuspid valve leading to tricuspid stenosis– A case report

Santosh Kumar Pandey, Uttam Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Ansuman Mondal, P. K. Sanki

Abstract :

We present an unusual case of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), presented with shortness of eath, pedal edema, decreased appetite, generalized weakness and occasional chest pain. Investigations done, keeping in mind the cardiac symptoms but was found to have Renal cell carcinoma with a large thrombus extending from inferior vena cava (IVC) to right atrium and impinging on tricuspid valve leading to functional tricuspid stenosis The tumor and the thrombus was treated in single stage with the help of cardiopulmonary bypass under mild hypothermia, on beating heart.