Martínez Baca-López F, Ramírez-Arias E, Rayas-Gómez AL, Bernal-Ruiz EA, Saturno-Chiu G. Hepatocellular carcinoma with invasion into right cardiac cavities: report of a case and literature review.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2004;
17:192-4. [PMID:
14752497 DOI:
10.1016/j.echo.2003.10.007]
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Abstract
Hepatocellular carcinoma is a tumor that rarely invades the inferior vena cava and right heart. We describe the case of a 63-year-old man with jaundice and a history of cryptogenic hepatic cirrhosis with diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. He was referred to the echocardiography laboratory for sudden dyspnea and suggestion of pulmonary thromboembolism. Echocardiographic study reported a mass in the right atrium proceeding from the inferior vena cava.
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