Unusual presentation of brain metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma--two case reports.
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.
Tanabe
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Department of Neurosurgery, Kitano Medical Research Institute and Hospital, Osaka.
Kondo
A
A
Kinuta
Y
Y
Matsuura
N
N
Hasegawa
K
K
Chin
M
M
Saiki
M
M
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