title: [A case of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma of the ovary].
abstract: Although advances in imaging technology have allowed for earlier detection of disease, hepatocellular carcinoma is usually asymptomatic and discovered at an advanced stage with metastasis. The most common sites of metastasis include lung, peritoneum, adrenal gland, and bone, but rarely, the nasal cavity, orbit, gallbladder, and ovary can be metastatic sites. We experienced a case of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma of the ovary in a living patient. The differential diagnosis includes hepatoid yolk sac tumor of the ovary, primary or metastatic hepatoid carcinoma and primary or metastatic oxyphil cell tumor of the ovary. To the best of our knowledge, there have been eight cases of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma of the ovary in the English literature and only six cases discovered in living patients. This is the first report of a metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma of the ovary in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Youngdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae Hun
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dae Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Woo Baek
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Dong Kyun
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Don Hyoun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Ji Sung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Hyung Keun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Kwang
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hee Sik
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Chang Suk
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*