title: The role of myocardial contrast echocardiography to assess the origin of a mass in right cardiac cavities.
abstract: We report the case of a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma who was admitted to our hospital with fatigue and edema of lower extremities. Transthoracic echocardiographic examination revealed a mobile echogenic cavoatrial mass that infiltrated the inferior vena cava and extended along the vessel protruding into the right cardiac cavities. The differential diagnosis included a tumor mass originating from the liver and subsequently infiltrating the inferior vena cava and extending into the right cardiac cavities or a large thrombus formed on the tumor mass that infiltrated the inferior vena cava.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Cardiology, Attikon Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Loukianos S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Rallidis
authors.forename: Costas C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: Nikolaos L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Kelekis
authors.forename: Dimitrios Th
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Kremastinos
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*