Vertebral metastasis (hepatocellular carcinoma)
Diagnosis almost certain
Disclosures
- updated 18 Jun 2022:
Nothing to disclose
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Collapse of the vertebral body needs to be distinguished from benign degenerative collapse. The concaveconvex posterior margin of the vertebra as it retropulses into the canal and the presence of associated soft tissue component favorsfavours pathological fracture. In a known case of hepatocellular carcinoma, findings are consistent with secondary deposit.
-<p>Collapse of the vertebral body needs to be distinguished from benign degenerative collapse. The concave posterior margin of the vertebra as it retropulses into the canal and the presence of associated soft tissue component favors pathological fracture. In a known case of hepatocellular carcinoma, findings are consistent with secondary deposit. </p>- +<p>Collapse of the vertebral body needs to be distinguished from benign degenerative collapse. The convex posterior margin of the vertebra as it retropulses into the canal and the presence of associated soft tissue component favours pathological fracture. In a known case of hepatocellular carcinoma, findings are consistent with secondary deposit. </p>
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