Key result
Advanced hepatocellular carcinoma can present as right atrial masses mimicking atrial myxoma on echocardiography.
Why the study?
Cardiac metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma is an uncommon secondary cardiac malignancy and can mimic atrial myxoma, requiring characterization.
Case Report (n=2)
Advanced hepatocellular carcinoma can rarely metastasize to the right atrium and mimic atrial myxoma on echocardiography.
Right atrial masses in advanced HCC may represent metastases mimicking myxoma; case reports leave open prevalence and management implications.
Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common primary tumor of the liver accounting for 4.6% of all new human cancers. Cardiac metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma is an uncommon secondary cardiac malignancy. We described two cases of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with large masses in the right atrium mimicking atrial myxoma. The RA masses were incidentally detected during two-dimensional echocardiographic examination.
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Anwar et al. (2009) conducted a case report in Advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (n=2). Advanced hepatocellular carcinoma was evaluated on Incidental detection of right atrial masses. Two cases of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma presented with large right atrial masses mimicking atrial myxoma, which were incidentally detected during two-dimensional echocardiography.
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