Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to K A Davaiah.
Early recognition of necrotizing fasciitis is the key to successful treatment. However, initial presentation of this disease is variable. In this case report, the first clinical evidence was a gram stain of the deep surface of the superficial fascia.
Hepatocellular carcinoma is an uncommon malignancy in the western world, and its presentation as symptomatic skeletal metastasis is rare. The following describes a patient whose initial complaint was arm pain that was subsequently found to be due to metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma. A review of the literature describing skeletal involvement by hepatocellular carcinoma is included.