Hepatocellular carcinoma with invasion into right cardiac cavities: report of a case and literature review.
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.
Martínez Baca-López
Francisco
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Echocardiography Service, Hospital of Cardiology, Century XXI National Medical Center, IMSS, Av. Cuauhtémoc 330, Col. Doctores, 06720 México, D.F., México. drerickrmzarias@hotmail.com
Ramírez-Arias
Erick
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Rayas-Gómez
Ana Lilia
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Bernal-Ruiz
Enrique Alfredo
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Saturno-Chiu
Guillermo
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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