A case image of epicardial implants in a young male with mixed germ cell tumor

Key Clinical Message Epicardial metastasis from mixed germ cell tumors is exceedingly rare and poses a significant risk for cardiac morbidity. This case highlights the crucial need for comprehensive systemic evaluation in patients with known malignancies presenting with cardiac symptoms.

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Main Authors: Sacide S. Ozgur, Sherif Elkattawy, Yezin Shamoon, Abdullah Ahmad, Maria Perez, Rachel Abboud, Fayez Shamoon
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Published: Wiley 2024-09-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.9417
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spelling doaj-art-953a2ef9523340d383378ef221f6485a2025-08-20T01:59:05ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042024-09-01129n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.9417A case image of epicardial implants in a young male with mixed germ cell tumorSacide S. Ozgur0Sherif Elkattawy1Yezin Shamoon2Abdullah Ahmad3Maria Perez4Rachel Abboud5Fayez Shamoon6Department of Internal Medicine St. Joseph's University Medical Center Paterson New Jersey USADepartment of Cardiology St. Joseph's University Medical Center Paterson New Jersey USADepartment of Cardiology St. Joseph's University Medical Center Paterson New Jersey USADepartment of Cardiology St. Joseph's University Medical Center Paterson New Jersey USADepartment of Internal Medicine St. Joseph's University Medical Center Paterson New Jersey USADepartment of Cardiology St. Joseph's University Medical Center Paterson New Jersey USADepartment of Cardiology St. Joseph's University Medical Center Paterson New Jersey USAKey Clinical Message Epicardial metastasis from mixed germ cell tumors is exceedingly rare and poses a significant risk for cardiac morbidity. This case highlights the crucial need for comprehensive systemic evaluation in patients with known malignancies presenting with cardiac symptoms.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.9417epicardiumgerm cell tumorimagingmetastasispericardium
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Sherif Elkattawy
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Abdullah Ahmad
Maria Perez
Rachel Abboud
Fayez Shamoon
A case image of epicardial implants in a young male with mixed germ cell tumor
Clinical Case Reports
epicardium
germ cell tumor
imaging
metastasis
pericardium
title A case image of epicardial implants in a young male with mixed germ cell tumor
title_full A case image of epicardial implants in a young male with mixed germ cell tumor
title_fullStr A case image of epicardial implants in a young male with mixed germ cell tumor
title_full_unstemmed A case image of epicardial implants in a young male with mixed germ cell tumor
title_short A case image of epicardial implants in a young male with mixed germ cell tumor
title_sort case image of epicardial implants in a young male with mixed germ cell tumor
topic epicardium
germ cell tumor
imaging
metastasis
pericardium
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.9417
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