An Autopsied Case of Hepatoma with Vertebral Metastasis and Transverse Lesion of Spinal Cord

Abstract

A man, 64-year-old, with the chief complaint of complete paraplegia was operated on laminectomy followed by the death one month after surgery. Preoperative x-ray examination revealed irregular compression and disappearance of left vertebral arch, during operation almost complete disappearance of left vertebral arch of Th8 replaced by tumorous tissue was observed.
On autopsy revealed an enlarged liver with cirrhosis Tumorous metastases were found in lung, spleen, sternum, rib, ilium and spinal column.
Histologically the diagnosis of mature hepatoma, consisted of the cells resembling liver cells was ascertained.