A Rare Case Hepatocellular Carcinoma Metastasis to Calcaneum Bone

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents one of the most common causes of cancer related deaths worldwide. Bone metastases from HCC are infrequent, with a reported incidence ranging from 3 to 20% with extremely poor prognosis. HCC with bone metastases is very aggressive with a low incidence rate of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Gastroenterology, hepatology and endoscopy practice hepatology and endoscopy practice, 2024-07, Vol.4 (3), p.100-102
Hauptverfasser: Paramasivan, Piramanayagam, Kondareddy, Vijay Kishore, Ramakrishnan, Deepa, Kannan, Deepak, George, Anna, Sharma, Megha
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents one of the most common causes of cancer related deaths worldwide. Bone metastases from HCC are infrequent, with a reported incidence ranging from 3 to 20% with extremely poor prognosis. HCC with bone metastases is very aggressive with a low incidence rate of detection. Here we report a HCV related chronic liver disease with s/p EVL, presenting with a history of pain over his heel which on further evaluation diagnosed to be a calceneum metastasis from a primary hepatocellular carcinoma.
ISSN:2772-2732
2772-2740
DOI:10.4103/ghep.ghep_4_24