Hepatocellular carcinoma with invasion into the right atrium. Report of two cases and review of the literature

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 79, 2007, Pages 2106-2108

  Agelopoulou, Paraskevi ^a   Kapatais, A ^a   Varounis, C ^a   Grassos, C ^a   Kalkandi, E ^a   Kauris, N ^a   Pierakeas, N ^a   Babalis, D ^a  

^a Western Attica General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Right atrial metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART METASTASIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 37749015701     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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