A rare presentation of osseous metastasis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) on bone scintigraphy

Namra Asghar; Aamna Hassan

A rare presentation of osseous metastasis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) on bone scintigraphy

J Pak Med Assoc. 2018 Sep;68(9):1415.

Authors

Namra Asghar¹, Aamna Hassan¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan.

PMID: 30317280

Abstract

Bone metastases in HCC are uncommon with an incidence of 3% to 20%. Screening for bone metastasis is not a routine practice. Diagnosis is often delayed, and usually made once symptoms develop.

Keywords: Hepatocellular carcinoma, Bone metastasis, Bone scintigraphy..

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bone Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Bone Neoplasms* / physiopathology
Bone Neoplasms* / secondary
Bone and Bones* / diagnostic imaging
Bone and Bones* / pathology
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Liver Neoplasms / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Pain* / diagnosis
Pain* / etiology
Radiopharmaceuticals / pharmacology
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*
Technetium / pharmacology

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Technetium