1. Single large metastatic tumor growing progressively and occupying right ventricular cavity
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H Agetsuma, R Ishiki, and N Yasuda
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Chest Pain ,medicine.medical_specialty ,endocrine system diseases ,Heart Ventricles ,Right ventricular cavity ,Peripheral edema ,Physical examination ,Miscellanea ,Chest pain ,Heart Neoplasms ,Fatal Outcome ,Jugular vein ,medicine ,Humans ,Uterine Neoplasm ,Endocardium ,Aged ,Ultrasonography ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Teratoma ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Dyspnea ,Uterine Neoplasms ,Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ,Female ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
A 70 year old woman was admitted because of breathlessness and chest discomfort. An ovarian tumour had been resected six months before admission, and was diagnosed as a mature cystic teratoma with squamous cell carcinoma. On physical examination, hypotension, peripheral oedema, and jugular vein dilatation were evident. Transthoracic …
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- 2002
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