Hemorrhagic cerebral metastasis as a first manifestation of a hepatocellular carcinoma. Case report.
We report herein a rare instance in which a patient presented with a hemorrhagic cerebral metastasis as the initial manifestation of a hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A few cases of cerebral metastasis from HCC have been reported in the literature, mainly from eastern countries. This is the first report from South America of a cerebral metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma.
Peres
M F
MF
Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brasil.
Forones
N M
NM
Malheiros
S M
SM
Ferraz
H B
HB
Stávale
J N
JN
Gabbai
A A
AA
D000328:Adult; 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