title: Intra-atrial tumour thrombus secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality. Hepatitis B & C accounts for most HCC occurrences. It is very rare to see a tumour thrombus extending into the right atrium of the heart as a result of the invasion of HCC. This complication has a very poor prognosis as mean survival time is about three to four months. We encountered such a rare case of hepatocellular carcinoma having extensive tumour thrombus extending into the right atrium without any cardio respiratory distress or clinical finding suggestive of cardiovascular involvement.
authors.affiliation: Professor, S.B.K.S. Medical Institute and Research Centre, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Hetal
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pandya
authors.forename: Chaitri
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Jitendra
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lakhani
authors.forename: Micky
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patel
keywords: Hepatocellular carcinoma; tumour thrombus