title: Transesophageal echocardiography of right atrial metastasis of a hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: Antemortem diagnosis of cardiac metastases of a hepatocellular carcinoma is rarely observed. In a 52-year-old female patient with a history of posthepatitic cirrhosis and partial hepatectomy, transthoracic echocardiography brought to light a mass in the right atrium. After location and characterization of the tumor by transesophageal echocardiography, a transvenous biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of metastasis of a hepatocellular carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Universitaire Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Camp
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abdulsater
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cosyns
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Liebens
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vandenbossche
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged