Journal of Chest Surgery

The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (대한심장혈관흉부외과학회)
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Intracardiac Metastasis of Testicular Embryonal Carcinoma That Presented with a Right Ventricular Mass

우심실 종괴로 나타난 고환 태생암의 심장 전이

  • Shim, Man-Shik (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Wook-Sung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Sung, Ki-Ick (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Young-Tak (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Pyo-Won (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lim, Ho-Yeong (Department of Hematology and Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
  • 심만식 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 김욱성 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 성기익 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 이영탁 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 박표원 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 임호영 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 혈액종양내과학교실)
  • Received : 2009.08.17
  • Accepted : 2009.09.28
  • Published : 2010.02.05
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Abstract

Metastases to the heart are rarely diagnosed before the patient dies. A 26-year-old man was admitted with multiple metastasis of a testicular embryonal carcinoma and he was found to have intracardiac metastasis. Echocardiography showed that he had a mass rising from the interventricular septum and it was floating through the right ventricular outflow tract. The histology of the mass we removed from the right ventricle was consistent with testicular embryonal carcinoma. The patient made a smooth recovery after surgical intervention and chemotherapy. We believe this is the first reported case of testicular embryonal carcinoma that metastasized to the heart and that was successfully removed via surgery in Korea.

심장 전이는 환자가 사망하기 전에 진단되는 경우가 드물다. 저자들은 고환 융모암의 다발성전이를 보였던 26세 남자에서 심장 전이를 진단하였고 심장초음파에서 심실중격에서 기원하여 우심실유출로에 유동하는 종괴를 확인할 수 있었다. 우심실로부터 제거한 종괴의 조직학적 소견은 고환 융모암에 합당한 소견을 보였고 환자는 수술적 치료 및 항암화학요법 후에 안정된 회복을 보였다. 국내에는 고환 융모암의 심장 전이를 수술적으로 제거함으로써 성공적인 치료 효과를 보였던 증례 보고가 없어 보고하고자 한다.

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