Humerus pathological fracture revealing biliary carcinoma

Summary Tumors of the biliary tract are rare, and their survival prognosis is short since diagnosis is often made at advanced stages of the disease. Diagnosis remains difficult because symptoms are often unspecific. Bone metastasis from biliary carcinoma are rare. We report a case of a humeral metas...

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Published inOrthopaedics & traumatology, surgery & research Vol. 96; no. 8; pp. 910 - 912
Main Authors Lahrach, K, Chbani, B, Amar, F, Bennani, A, Marzouki, A, Boutayeb., F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published France Elsevier Masson SAS 01.12.2010
Subjects
Bile Duct Neoplasms - diagnosis
Bile Duct Neoplasms - pathology
Bile Duct Neoplasms - secondary
Bile Duct Neoplasms - surgery
Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic
Biliary carcinoma
Bone metastasis
Bone Neoplasms - diagnosis
Bone Neoplasms - pathology
Bone Neoplasms - secondary
Bone Neoplasms - surgery
Bone Plates
Bone Screws
Cholangiocarcinoma - diagnosis
Cholangiocarcinoma - pathology
Cholangiocarcinoma - secondary
Cholangiocarcinoma - surgery
Female
Fracture Fixation, Internal
Fractures, Spontaneous - diagnosis
Fractures, Spontaneous - pathology
Fractures, Spontaneous - surgery
Humans
Humerus
Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis
Lung Neoplasms - pathology
Lung Neoplasms - secondary
Middle Aged
Orthopedics
Prognosis
Surgery
Humerus
Bone metastasis
Biliary carcinoma
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Summary:Summary Tumors of the biliary tract are rare, and their survival prognosis is short since diagnosis is often made at advanced stages of the disease. Diagnosis remains difficult because symptoms are often unspecific. Bone metastasis from biliary carcinoma are rare. We report a case of a humeral metastasis revealing a biliary carcinoma.
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ISSN:1877-0568
1877-0568
DOI:10.1016/j.otsr.2010.05.011