title: Inferior vena cava and intra-cardiac invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma: a rare but catastrophic complication.
abstract: Intra-cardiac extension of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an uncommon but serious condition related to poor prognosis. We report a 57-year-old male diagnosed with HCC with intra-cardiac extension into the right atrium at presentation. There were no symptoms related to cardiac involvement and intra-cardiac extension was incidentally noted on radiological imaging. He was offered palliative treatment and succumbed to his disease within 50 days of first diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore. assimta@gmail.com.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Peter
authors.affiliation: Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Anand Swaroop
authors.affiliation: Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology