A Rare Type of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Presenting With Cardiac Thrombus.

cirrhosis hepatocellular carcinoma hepatology non alcoholic fatty liver right atrial thrombus

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
May 2023
Historique:
accepted: 28 05 2023
medline: 29 6 2023
pubmed: 29 6 2023
entrez: 29 6 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a complication of end stage liver disease. Even rarer is right atrial tumor thrombus burden due to HCC. Common metastatic sites of HCC in descending order are lung, peritoneum, and bone. We present a patient with liver cirrhosis due to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) admitted due to incidental finding of right atrial thrombus on echocardiography after missing HCC surveillance for four years. Patient received a computed tomography (CT) scan that showed an inconclusive liver lesion despite two liver biopsies, and patient was incidentally found to have clear cell HCC diagnosed after right hepatectomy. Right atrial thrombus was treated with surgical thrombectomy and pathology showed necrotic HCC thrombi in right atrium with bile pigment. Due to the possibility of tumor growth with extrahepatic manifestations, screening in compensated cirrhosis is essential.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37384080
doi: 10.7759/cureus.39611
pmc: PMC10299851
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

e39611

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023, Aboona et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Majd B Aboona (MB)

Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, Phoenix, USA.

Wendi Zhou (W)

Department of Pathology, Banner University Medical Center - Phoenix, Phoenix, USA.

Karn Wijarnpreecha (K)

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, Phoenix, USA.
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Banner University Medical Center - Phoenix, Phoenix, USA.

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