title: Multiple skeletal metastases as unusual manifestations of hepatocellular carcinoma in a noncirrhotic liver.
abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most frequent primary malignant tumor of the liver. Bony metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma are usually rare, in which most common sites involved are vertebra and pelvis. Still rarer are metastases to the chest wall and skull. We report a case of a 45-year old man with unusual metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma to skull, sternum and ribs. These combinations of metastases have rarely been reported in literature.
authors: Department of Surgery, B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. vikalcsh@yahoo.com
authors: V C
authors: VC
authors: Shakya
authors: C S
authors: CS
authors: Agrawal
authors: S R
authors: SR
authors: Pandey
authors: R K
authors: RK
authors: Rauniyar
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Dhungel
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Adhikary
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged