title: Unusual presentation of brain metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma--two case reports.
abstract: Two unusual cases of brain metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are described. A 15-year-old boy presented with intracerebral hemorrhage from brain metastasis from HCC, and died of rebleeding 1 month after surgery. Cerebral metastatic HCC in a child is quite rare, and has not previously been reported. A 65-year-old male with a 2-year history of treatment for HCC presented with a brain metastasis from HCC without intracerebral hematoma manifesting as gradual onset of headache. Brain metastases from HCC presenting without intracerebral hemorrhage are rare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kitano Medical Research Institute and Hospital, Osaka.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kinuta
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saiki
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male