Urgent heart surgery for an atrial mass: metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma.
Extension of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma into the right atrium is exceedingly rare and has a very poor prognosis. We report a case of successful surgical excision of hepatic tumor extension into the right atrium that was causing hemodynamic compromise.
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Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Regina General Hospital, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Aboguddah
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Kraus
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Dewar
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D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D004630:Emergencies; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male