Aggressive resection of hepatocellular carcinoma with right atrial involvement

Am Surg. 2009 Nov;75(11):1104-8.

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma with extension into the right heart is a recognized, albeit rare occurrence. Patients who present with tumors extending into the heart have generally been considered inoperable and had limited survival, many sustaining tumor embolism and/or sudden death. Resection has been fraught with intraoperative and perioperative mortality as well as considerable postoperative morbidity. We report an exceptional case of a patient with such a tumor successfully treated with an aggressive surgical approach and review the limited published experience.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Heart Atria*
  • Hepatectomy / methods*
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating*
  • Thrombectomy / methods*
  • Thrombosis / diagnosis
  • Thrombosis / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed