ArticleCureus2026
Disseminated Nocardia farcinica Infection Presenting as Multiple Intramuscular Abscesses Mimicking Skeletal Muscle Metastases in a Patient With Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
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Abstract
A 67-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma and a previously resected pulmonary metastasis was receiving prednisolone for immune-related interstitial nephritis. Two months after pulmonary metastasectomy, multiple pulmonary nodules and painful intramuscular masses developed in the right forearm, left gluteus medius, and left obturator internus. The lesions were initially interpreted as metastases, and palliative radiotherapy was initiated. At the initial radiation oncology consultation, the patient was afebrile but had right forearm edema, neutrophilic leukocytosis, and an elevated C-reactive protein level. After 21 Gy in seven fractions to the right forearm, rapidly progressive swelling and pain led to emergency decompression for acute compartment syndrome. A purulent collection was identified; blood culture grew
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