title: Hepatocellular carcinoma with tumor thrombus in the inferior vena cava and right atrium.
abstract: Tumor thrombus (TT) in the inferior vena cava (IVC) and right atrium (RA) is rarely encountered. We have diagnosed before death and treated a case of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with TT in the IVC and RA, accompanied by a brain metastasis. The image characteristics on computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and conventional angiography are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanematsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imaeda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Minowa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamawaki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okumura
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior