title: Hepatocellular carcinoma with invasion into right cardiac cavities: report of a case and literature review.
abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma is a tumor that rarely invades the inferior vena cava and right heart. We describe the case of a 63-year-old man with jaundice and a history of cryptogenic hepatic cirrhosis with diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. He was referred to the echocardiography laboratory for sudden dyspnea and suggestion of pulmonary thromboembolism. Echocardiographic study reported a mass in the right atrium proceeding from the inferior vena cava.
authors.affiliation: Echocardiography Service, Hospital of Cardiology, Century XXI National Medical Center, IMSS, Av. Cuauhtémoc 330, Col. Doctores, 06720 México, D.F., México. drerickrmzarias@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martínez Baca-López
authors.forename: Erick
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Arias
authors.forename: Ana Lilia
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Rayas-Gómez
authors.forename: Enrique Alfredo
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Bernal-Ruiz
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saturno-Chiu
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness