Unusual Metastases of Hepatocellular Carcinoma to the Heart  

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Kurniawan, Andree ; Lugito, Nata Pratama Hardjo

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah nasional - terakreditasi DIKTI
Dalam koleksi: Indonesian Journal of Cancer vol. 10 no. 04 (Oct. 2016), page 143-146.
Topik: Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Metastases; Heart
Fulltext: I12 v10 n4 p143 kelik2016.pdf (69.72KB)

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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most prevalent cancer worldwide. Metastasis of HCC to the heart is rare with prevalence on autopsy of less than 6%. There is still limited study evaluated the metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma to the heart. The aim of this study is to know the prevalence and characteristic of metastasis of HCC to the heart in Indonesia. This retrospective study was conducted in secondary referral hospital in Tangerang county, Indonesia. We evaluated from medical record included baseline characteristic, survival and treatment of HCC and echocardiogram data for diagnosing metastasis to the heart from 2013-2015. There were 5 HCC patients recorded in the last 3 years. All patients were male with median age 56(53-61) years old. Four patients were diagnosed using transthoracic echocardiograph and the rest using multi sliced CT scan. All patients were having continuous thrombus from inferior cava vein until right atrial. For the conclusion Hepatocellular carcinoma were reported as the cause of intra-heart metastases in Indonesia. All patients were in late stage.

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