title: Hemorrhagic cerebral metastasis as a first manifestation of a hepatocellular carcinoma. Case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brasil.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Peres
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Forones
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Malheiros
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Ferraz
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Stávale
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gabbai
mesh_terms: 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