Testicular carcinoma with superior vena cava obstruction and atrial extension

Emergency Management of a Particular Massive Pulmonary Embolism…

“…Endocardial metastasis commonly originates from vena cava‐circulating metastatic cells that grow in the right atrium 1 . Case reports of germ‐cell cancer right ventricle metastasis have been described into the right atrium and the inferior, 2,3 superior 4 vena cava, whereas this patient presented an isolated right ventricular metastasis, without intracaval and right atrial diffusions. Moreover, germ‐cell cancers usually appear in 25‐ to 35‐year‐old patients, 5 but rarely in patients more than 50 years old, as in our case.…”

Huge right ventricular mass revealing a testicular nonseminomatous germ cell tumor

“…This could be explained by the particularity of the venous drainage of the testis, which is carried out directly in the inferior vena cave system. In addition, among 13 reported cases of nonseminomatous GCT involving the right-sided heart, 11 had a caval provenance [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19].…”

Superior vena cava syndrome due to metastasis from urothelial cancer: A case report and literature review

“…The cases of 11 published reports involving SVC syndrome associated with urogenital malignancies are shown in Table 1 . The origins were prostate cancer[ 7 8 9 10 ] ( n = 4), renal cancer[ 5 11 12 ] ( n = 3), urothelial cancer[ 13 14 ] ( n = 2), testis cancer[ 15 ] ( n = 1), and Wilm's tumor[ 16 ] ( n = 1). In five cases, SVC syndrome was the initial symptom and metastatic origins were found later.…”