title: Cervical Spinal Cord Compression: A Rare Presentation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignancy of liver. Distant metastasis to various organs is well known. Skeletal metastasis is also reported to various locations. Vertebral metastasis has been reported mostly to thoracic spine. However, cervical spinal cord involvement leading to cord compression has been reported very rarely in literature. We present a case of 58-year-old male with liver cirrhosis presenting as neck pain. Further work-up revealed metastatic HCC to cervical spinal cord resulting in acute cord compression. Patient has been treated with neurosurgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Affiliated with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Puvanalingam
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7927-655X
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ayyadurai
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Affiliated with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Bronx, NY, USA; Division of Gastroenterology, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Affiliated with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Kanthi Rekha
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3622-2898
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Badipatla
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Affiliated with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Chukwunonso
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chime
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Affiliated with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Bronx, NY, USA; American University of Caribbean, Cupecoy, Saint Martin.
authors.forename: Shiva
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arjun
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Affiliated with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Pavithra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Affiliated with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Masooma
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niazi
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Affiliated with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Bronx, NY, USA; Division of Gastroenterology, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Affiliated with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Suresh Kumar
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7829-4024
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Nayudu