Hemorrhagic cerebral metastasis as a first manifestation of a hepatocellular carcinoma: case report

Authors :: Alberto Alain Gabbai
Henrique Ballalai Ferraz
Suzana M. F. Malheiros
Mario Fernando Prieto Peres
João Norberto Stávale
Nora Manoukian Forones
Source :: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.56 n.3B 1998, Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, instacron:ABNEURO, Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Vol 56, Iss 3B, Pp 658-660 (1998)
Publication Year :: 1998
Publisher :: FapUNIFESP (SciELO), 1998.
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.

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