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.
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Lee CM, Sim A, Kurugulasigamoney G, Ng LG. Are you the author?
Department of Urology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore.
Reference: Korean J Urol. 2015 Jan;56(1):82-5.
doi: 10.4111/kju.2015.56.1.82
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PMID: 25598941