Chest wall metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma in the absence of a primary: An unusual presentation.
Metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has an aggressive course with a very poor outcome. The common hematogenous metastatic sites are the lungs, bones, and adrenal glands. The chest wall is an extremely rare site of metastasis from HCC. We report a rare presentation in a gentleman, where the chest wall metastasis kept progressing in spite of treatment, without any evidence of a detectable primary.
Talapatra
Kaustav
K
Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Engineer
Reena
R
Agarwal
Jai Prakash
JP
Vyas
Shilpa
S
Shrivastava
Shyam Kishore
SK
D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D011859:Radiography; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*