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| Bone metastases from primary hepatocellular carcinoma simulating multiple myeloma |
| Dinesh Chandra Doval, Komal Bhatia, Ashok Kumar Vaid, Kumar Prabhash, Amarnath Jena and Digant Hazarika |
New Delhi, India
Author Affiliations: Departments of Medical Oncology (Doval DC, Bhatia K, Vaid AK and Prabhash K), MRI (Jena A), and pathology (Hazarika D), Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Center, Rohini Sector-5, Delhi 110085, India
Corresponding Author: Dinesh Chandra Doval, MD, Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Rohini Sector-5, Delhi 110085, India (Tel: 91-11-27051011; Fax: 91-11-27051037; Email: dcdoval@yahoo.com) |
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Abstract A 65-year-old man presented with bone pains and anemia. Skull X-ray revealed multiple osteolytic lesions. The patient was evaluated for multiple myeloma but detailed workup revealed the diagnosis of primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with osteolytic bone metastases. Thus, bone metastases due to HCC, although rare, should be considered in patients presenting with bone pains due to osteolytic lesions.
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