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

dc.contributor.authorTastekin, Ebru
dc.contributor.authorUsta, Ufuk
dc.contributor.authorEge, Turan
dc.contributor.authorKazindir, Gokhan
dc.contributor.authorKutlu, Ali Kemal
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:03:09Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:03:09Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractHepatocellular 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.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S1665-2681(19)30936-6
dc.identifier.endpage394en_US
dc.identifier.issn1665-2681
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.pmid22481459en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84859355953en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage392en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S1665-2681(19)30936-6
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/21554
dc.identifier.volume11en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000309100300015en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Espanaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAnnals Of Hepatologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryDiğeren_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectHepatocellular Carcinomaen_US
dc.subjectMetastasisen_US
dc.subjectLeft Ventricle Metastasisen_US
dc.subjectCardiac Tumorsen_US
dc.subjectFibrolamellar Carcinomaen_US
dc.subjectLiveren_US
dc.titleCardiac metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma in a young non-cirrhotic patient, to the left ventricleen_US
dc.typeEditorialen_US

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