Chest wall metastases from unknown primary hepatocellular carcinoma.
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چکیده
Metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to the bones are common but bone metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma in the presence of a normal liver are an uncommon entity. A 50-year-old male patient presented with a rapidly growing tumour on the sternum. Biopsy of the lesion showed metastatic sternal tumour from a primary hepatocellular carcinoma. Radiological evaluation however, failed to detect a primary lesion in the liver. Bone metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma localized to the chest wall in the presence of a normal liver are scarcely reported as anecdotal case reports in the literature.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of postgraduate medicine
دوره 51 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005