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 re...

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Published in:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Main Authors: MARIO FERNANDO PRIETO PERES, NORA MANOUKIAN FORONES, SUZANA MARIA FLEURY MALHEIROS, HENRIQUE BALLALAI FERRAZ, JOÃO NORBERTO STÁVALE, ALBERTO ALAIN GABBAI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 1998-09-01
Subjects:
hepatocellular carcinoma
metastases
brain
hemorrhage
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1998000400023&tlng=en
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1678-4227

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