title: Ectopic hepatocellular carcinomas developed in the chest wall and skull.
abstract: A 68-year-old man presented with a suppurating mass on his skull and a palpable mass on his right upper thoracic wall. Computed tomography revealed a round mass, 70 mm in diameter, invading the right pleural cavity, and a second tumor infiltrating the skull through the left parietal bone. Both masses were resected simultaneously. Histopathology showed that both tumors were hepatocellular carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Evaggelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece. jonenek@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nenekidis
authors.forename: Vania
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Anagnostakou
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Paralikas
authors.forename: Aikaterini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kokkori
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dedeilias
authors.forename: Charalambos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zisis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002828:Choristoma; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome