title: [A case report of primary liver cancer with cerebral metastasis after hepatic resection].
abstract: A 67-year-old male, who had a left hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma, was readmitted to our hospital because of a left hemiparesis. A brain computed tomography scan and an r-carotid angiogram revealed a large mass involving the right parietal area, and thus a brain tumor removal was performed. A histological diagnosis of the removed brain tumor found it to be a metastatic, hepatocellular carcinoma. The patient died of pulmonary congestion due to lung metastasis, approximately 2 years and seven months after hepatectomy, and 1 year and three months after the removal of this metastatic brain tumor. In selected cases, the removal of a metastatic brain tumor seems to bring about improvements in the quality and duration of life.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Osaka Rosai Hospital.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kijima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akagi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Imabun
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed