title: Echocardiographic follow-up of right atrial tumoral invasion by hepatocarcinoma: a case report.
abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma is known for its tendency to grow in the venous system. We describe a patient suffering from hepatocellular carcinoma with right atrial metastatic tumor. Echocardiography demonstrated a right atrial mass as a result of invasion of the inferior vena cava and next extension into right atrium. The autopsy showed an irregular polypoid mass that occupied the entire right and left atrium, hepatocarcinoma was confirmed by histologic studies. We advocate performing echocardiographic examination in patients with hepatocarcinoma who have cardiac symptoms and signs.
authors.affiliation: UTIC, 2nd Department of Clinical Medicine, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pellicelli
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barba
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Borgia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness