title: Right atrial metastasis as primary clinical manifestation of hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: We present an 81-year-old man with right atrial metastasis associated with hepatocellular carcinoma. Antemortem diagnosis was made by two-dimensional echocardiography, cardiac catheterisation and computed tomography, followed by surgical intervention and histological examination of the right atrial tumour. To our knowledge, this is the second case with intravital diagnosis and histological confirmation.
authors.affiliation: Depatment of Cardiology, University of Duesseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Engers
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Heintzen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed