title: [Long survival after resection of cranial metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma. Case report and review of the literature].
abstract: The life expectancy of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has increased in the last few years due to recent treatment advances. However, extrahepatic metastases from tumors, previously described only occasionally, are becoming more frequent in clinical practice. The choice between an active or passive approach to these metastatic lesions can sometimes present clinicians with a difficult dilemma. We discuss the case of a male patient with multifocal HCC and cranial metastasis from a primary liver tumor and who, after surgery and radiotherapy over the metastatic lesion, has survived for more than 3 years.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Hepatología, Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona, España. jsanchezd@tauli.cat
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Delgado
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Calzado
authors.forename: Candelaria
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Haro
authors.forename: Montse
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mas
authors.forename: Mireia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miquel
authors.forename: Meritxell
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casas
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vergara
authors.forename: Blai
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dalmau
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gil
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D013534:Survival