Skull metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma in normal liver
| Autor: | A. Khelifa, I. Assoumane, Bachir S., L. Berchiche, T. Bennafaa, A. Morsli |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Romanian Neurosurgery, Vol 33, Iss 4 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1220-8841 2344-4959 |
| DOI: | 10.33962/roneuro-2019-076 |
| Popis: | Background: So far hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common liver malignant tumour; it is rarely encountered on a healthy liver (9). The metastasis from HCC cancer are seen in lymph nodes (16%–40%) and lungs (34%–70%), (1,3,4,5,7,8), bone metastasis is unusual and some locations stay rare among them the skull (2,4,5). We report here a case of a patient operated in our department for skull metastasis. That patient was followed for hepatocellular carcinoma in digestive surgery department. Case presentation: The patient is a 57 years old male presenting HCC on healthy liver, the patient was referred to our department by digestive surgery colleagues to manage a parietal subcutaneous mass; brain CT scans were performed objectified a calvarial osteolytic process. We remove the tumour and we put a cranioplasty using surgical cement, later the histological studies were in favour of secondary location of hepatocellular carcinoma. Conclusion: Skull metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma is rare, reporting such cases strengthen the idea of evoking HCC metastasis in the differential diagnosis of cranial subcutaneous mass. |
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