Isolated metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma in the right atrium: Case report and review of the literature

Oncology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1505-1508

  Kawakami, Manri ^a   Koda, Masahiko ^a   Mandai, Mari ^a   Hosho, Keiko ^a   Murawaki, Yoshikazu ^a   Oda, Wakako ^b   Hayashi, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Isolated atrial metastasis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MITOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CISPLATINHUMAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HISTOLOGY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMOR THROMBUS; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 84875727021     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2013.1240     Document Type: Article

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