Hepatocellular carcinoma with disseminated skeletal muscle metastasis
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the commonest primary tumor of the liver and carries a poor prognosis when diagnosed late or left untreated. Treatment relies heavily on the stage of the tumor when diagnosed. Extrahepatic metastasis is known to occur; these are mainly reported via autopsy studies o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | en |
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Sage Publications
2017
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62025/1/Hepatocellular%20carcinoma%20with%20disseminated%20skeletal%20muscle%20metastasis.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62025/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28811928 |
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| Summary: | Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the commonest primary tumor of the liver and carries a poor prognosis when diagnosed late or left untreated. Treatment relies heavily on the stage of the tumor when diagnosed. Extrahepatic metastasis is known to occur; these are mainly reported via autopsy studies or isolated case reports. Knowledge of extrahepatic metastasis is crucial in order to avoid unnecessary surgery. We report a rare case of a patient at our center, diagnosed to have HCC, who underwent treatment successfully, only to come back with extrahepatic metastasis to the skeletal muscles. |
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