Abstract
ABSTRACT Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has a tendency to invade inferior vena cava and thereby reach the right heart. This may necessitate a combined surgical procedure. These procedures impose a challenge to the anesthesiologist and may require the use of veno-venous or cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Among the serious and feared complication is embolization of the thrombus during mobilization of the tumor causing a massive pulmonary embolism. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) not only provide accurate identification and definition of the cranial extent of the tumor, but may also provide continuous monitoring of the hemodynamic status and cardiac complications during surgical manipulation of tumor. In this case report, we have described TEE helped in recognizing not only the extent of the tumor but also (the adequacy of removal of the tumor thrombus) diagnose the residual tumor after removal during right radical nephrectomy. How to cite this article Negi SL, Dutta V, Puri GD, Madhavan S, Mohan R. Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Detection of Residual Thrombus in Renal Cell Carcinoma extending into Right Atrium. J Perioper Echocardiogr 2015;3(1):35-38.
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