Magnetic resonance imaging of the heart in a case of hepatocellular carcinoma extending into the right atrium

Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common primary malignant liver tumor occurring in more than 1 million cases a year all over the world. Vascular invasion is known to occur in 30% of patients at initial presentation [1]. An extension of the tumor into the right atrium is well described in the lit...

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Published inInternational journal of cardiac imaging Vol. 10; no. 3; p. 233
Main Authors Dendale, P, op de Beeck, B, de Ridder, F, Claessens, F, Osteaux, M, Block, P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands 01.09.1994
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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - pathology
Heart Atria - pathology
Heart Neoplasms - diagnosis
Heart Neoplasms - pathology
Humans
Liver Neoplasms - pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neoplasm Invasiveness
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Summary:Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common primary malignant liver tumor occurring in more than 1 million cases a year all over the world. Vascular invasion is known to occur in 30% of patients at initial presentation [1]. An extension of the tumor into the right atrium is well described in the literature [2], with surgical resection as the only procedure available. But the diagnosis is often difficult before death. We report a case in which magnetic resonance imaging of liver and heart shows the extension of this tumor into the right atrium.
ISSN:0167-9899
DOI:10.1007/BF01137905