Cardiac metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma in a young non-cirrhotic patient, to the left ventricle



Título del documento: Cardiac metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma in a young non-cirrhotic patient, to the left ventricle
Revista: Annals of hepatology
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000417075
ISSN: 1665-2681
Autors: 1
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Institucions: 1Trakya University, Medical Faculty, Edirne. Turquía
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Període: May-Jun
Volum: 11
Número: 3
Paginació: 392-394
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary tumor of the liver.1,2 The most common extrahepatic metastatic sites are lung, abdominal lymph nodes and bone, while its cardiac metastasis is rare.2,3 Metastasis of HCC into the cardiac cavity is mostly caused by direct tumor invasion of vena cava inferior with continuous extension into the right cardiac cavity.4,5 Right heart metastasis without invasion of inferior vena cava, which may be caused by hematogenous spread of cancer cells, is rarely reported.6,7 This paper announces an unusual case of isolated involvement of left ventricle (LV) together with myocardial invasion of HCC. Our patient is known to be the first case with isolated HCC metastasis to the left ventricle. Strikingly, the patient was young and non-cirrhotic with negative serum HBsAg, and anti-HCV results
Disciplines Medicina
Paraules clau: Gastroenterología,
Oncología,
Sistema cardiovascular,
Carcinoma hepatocelular,
Metástasis,
Corazón,
Tumores cardiacos
Keyword: Gastroenterology,
Oncology,
Cardiovascular system,
Hepatocellular carcinoma,
Metastasis,
Heart,
Cardiac tumors
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