Heart failure as the first manifestation of renal cell carcinoma.
- Author:
Chee Meng LEE
1
;
Allen SIM
;
Gunasegaran KURUGULASIGAMONEY
;
Lay Guat NG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords: Cardiomyopathies; Heart failure; Paraneoplastic syndromes; Renal cell carcinoma
- MeSH: Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Carcinoma, Renal Cell/*diagnosis/surgery; Cardiomyopathies/*diagnosis; Female; Heart Failure/*etiology; Humans; Middle Aged; Paraneoplastic Syndromes/complications; Thalassemia/complications
- From:Korean Journal of Urology 2015;56(1):82-85
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: We report the rare case of a patient with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who initially presented to the hospital with symptoms of cardiac failure. Preoperative cardiac studies did not reveal any underlying ischemia. After resection of a large 14-cm left renal tumor, cardiac function was noted to improve dramatically. We discuss this case of concomitant RCC and nonischemic cardiomyopathy.
