[Cardiac injury in the context of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma]

Rev Port Cardiol. 2011 Sep;30(9):731-4. doi: 10.1016/S0870-2551(11)70017-8.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma with extension or metastasis to the right atrium is an uncommon form of cardiac malignancy. The authors report the case of a 51-year-old patient with hepatocellular carcinoma and thrombi in the portal and mesenteric veins, which histopathology revealed to be metastatic. Echocardiography showed a right atrial mass which in this context has to be considered as a possible cardiac metastasis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / secondary*
  • Heart Atria*
  • Heart Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged