Hepatocellular Carcinoma Involving the Left Ventricle

Hepatocellular Carcinoma to the Right Ventricle

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most prevalent cancer in the world, but metastatic disease to the heart is rare. We present a case of a 63-year-old man with history of hepatitis C and cirrhosis, which had progressed to HCC. The patient had undergone two prior liver transplantations. He presented to the hospital complaining of worsening lower extremity edema. His exam was also pertin...

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

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 met...

Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Sheep

Isolated metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma in the right ventricle

Metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) of the right ventricle is very rare and difficult to diagnosis.A 79-year-old man who underwent right hemi-hepatectomy for HCC was admitted to our hospital for chest pain, severe dyspnea, and orthopnea. The echocardiogram showed a tumor located in the right ventricle. A biopsy was obtained, and histopathological findings confirmed metastatic HCC. Palliat...

Isolated hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence in the right ventricle.

A 63-year-old male has had medical records of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), segment 2 of liver (1.7 cm), and received lobectomy with assistance of radiofrequency tumour ablation 2 years as well as coronary artery disease and triple vessel disease, and he had performed percutaneous coronary intervention, including plain old balloon angioplasty and stent implantation in the past 5 years. Recent...