title: Vena Cava Superior Syndrome Related to Right Heart Invasion of an Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
abstract: A rare case of hepatocellular tumor extension in the right heart was reported. The patient presented with clinical signs of a vena cava superior syndrome. Computed tomography and transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a large tumoral mass lesion extending from the left liver lobe into the inferior vena cava right atrium and right ventricle. The patient was treated with best supportive care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Geert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maleux
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Budts
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vandecaveye
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed