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Surgical approach for renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the left atrium
J Patane1, D R Flum, J T McGinn
1Department of Surgery, St Vincents Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|September 1, 1996
Abstract:
Metastatic tumor involvement of the left atrium via the pulmonary veins has been reported rarely. We report a 58-year-old patient with renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the left atrium via the pulmonary veins and the lower lobe of the left lung. An unusual surgical approach combining median sternotomy and videoscope-assisted thoracic surgery was used in resecting the atrial mass and performing a lower lobe resection.