Cardiac metastasis from renal cell carcinoma in cardiac CT

Abhishek R Keraliya; David J Murphy; Michael L Steigner; Ayaz Aghayev

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2015.12.003

Cardiac metastasis from renal cell carcinoma in cardiac CT

J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2016 Jul-Aug;10(4):337-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2015.12.003. Epub 2015 Dec 10.

Authors

Abhishek R Keraliya¹, David J Murphy², Michael L Steigner², Ayaz Aghayev²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston MA 02115, United States. Electronic address: akeraliya@partners.org.
² Department of Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston MA 02115, United States.

PMID: 26708653
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2015.12.003

Abstract

Cardiac metastases from RCC in the absence of transvenous spread are rare. We present a case of cardiac metastases from RCC demonstrating usefulness of cardiac CT in planning surgical management, which provides superior spatial resolution for evaluation of relationship between the tumor and coronary arteries.

Keywords: Cardiac CT; PET/CT; Renal cell carcinoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnostic imaging*
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / secondary*
Computed Tomography Angiography*
Coronary Angiography / methods*
Female
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Neoplasms / secondary*
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
Predictive Value of Tests