title: Isolated right ventricular infiltrating tumour: metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with intracavitary metastasis to the heart is rare. The incidence of HCC with right atrial metastasis is less than 6% at autopsy. Reports of HCC with right ventricular metastasis without inferior vena cava and right atrial metastasis are rarer. The diagnosis of metastasis of HCC into the cardiac cavity might be overlooked because the symptoms are neither apparent nor specific. Here, we report a patient with metastasis of HCC into the right ventricle cavity. The patient was in a disease-free status and experienced lower limbs oedema and gradual shortness of breath.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, 123, Ta Pei Road, Niao Sung District, Kaohsiung City, 83301, Taiwan, ROC. leeweichieh@yahoo.com.tw.
authors.forename: Wei-Chieh
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, 123, Ta Pei Road, Niao Sung District, Kaohsiung City, 83301, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Morgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, 123, Ta Pei Road, Niao Sung District, Kaohsiung City, 83301, Taiwan, ROC. wenhao@cloud.cgmh.org.tw.
authors.forename: Wen-Hao
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Isolated right ventricular tumor; Metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma; Right-sided heart failure