Hepatocellular carcinoma with tumor thrombus in the inferior vena cava and right atrium.
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.
Kanematsu
M
M
Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
Imaeda
T
T
Minowa
H
H
Yamawaki
Y
Y
Mochizuki
R
R
Goto
H
H
Seki
M
M
Doi
H
H
Okumura
S
S
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