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Metastatic right atrial tumor in colon cancer with superior vena cava syndrome and tricuspid obstruction

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Metastatic colon carcinoma of the heart is a rare diagnosis, and an uncommon finding at autopsy. This report describes a patient with a huge intracavitary colonic metastasis of the right atrium causing both a superior vena cava syndrome and an obstruction of the tricuspid valve. To our knowledge, no similar case has been previously reported.

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  1. Department of Surgery and Mid-Iowa Heart Institute Iowa Methodist Medical Center, USA

    Hiroshi Nishida,  Ronald K. Grooters, David Coster, Hooshang Soltanzadeh & Kent C. Thieman

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  1. Hiroshi Nishida
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Nishida, H., Grooters, R.K., Coster, D. et al. Metastatic right atrial tumor in colon cancer with superior vena cava syndrome and tricuspid obstruction. Heart Vessels 6, 125–127 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02058761

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