Inferior vena cava and intra-cardiac invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma: a rare but catastrophic complication
- Author:
Cynthia Assimta Peter
;
Anand Swaroop Uppaluri
;
Bak Siew Steven Wong
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Intra-cardiac involvement;
hepatocellular carcinoma;
inferior vena cava
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular;
Liver Neoplasms
- From:
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
2017;72(1):58-59
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
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.
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