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ArticleCureus2023

Autopsy-Confirmed Undifferentiated Carcinoma of the Liver With Rapid Bone Metastasis.

Keigo Kobayashi, Norikuni Shibata, Kenji Ohmoto, Masako Omori, Yasuhiro Umekawa

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Keigo KobayashiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kurashiki Medical Center, Kurashiki, JPN.
Norikuni ShibataDivision of Hepatology, Kurashiki Medical Center, Kurashiki, JPN.
Kenji OhmotoDivision of Hepatology, Kurashiki Medical Center, Kurashiki, JPN.
Masako OmoriDivision of Pathology, Kurashiki Medical Center, Kurashiki, JPN.
Yasuhiro UmekawaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kurashiki Medical Center, Kurashiki, JPN.
Kurashiki Medical Center · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A male in his late 70s, with progressive hip pain, was diagnosed with a metastatic iliac bone tumor, initially misinterpreted as septic arthritis. Despite extensive imaging, the primary tumor site was undetected until autopsy, which confirmed undifferentiated carcinoma of the liver with secondary lung involvement. The patient's poor performance status and rapid health decline precluded aggressive treatment, leading to his demise. This case underscores the difficulties in diagnosing such carcinomas and suggests that early identification and innovative therapies like nivolumab could potentially extend life in similar cases.

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autopsycancers of unknown primarymetastatic iliac bone tumornivolumabundifferentiated carcinoma of liver

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PMID38169930
PMCPMC10758540
OpenAlexW4389286779

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