RIGHT-VENTRICULAR METASTASIS FROM RENAL-C ELL CARCINOMA 10 YEARS AFTER RENAL-TRANSPLANTATION

In a 61-year-old man, renal cell carcinoma of the right kidney was dia gnosed 10 years after renal transplantation. Echocardiography revealed a right ventricular mass 5.5 x 3.5 m in size. The patient died sudden ly 10 weeks later, post-mortem examination confirmed diagnosis of righ t ventricular metastasis of renal cell carcinoma. This case underlines the importance of echocardiographic examination in tumor patients if signs of heart failure, angina pectoris, embolism, or rhythm disturban ces arise; or if cardiac murmur becomes audible, or heart size increas es.