Liver Cancer
Rare metastatic brain lesions can arise from hepatocellular carcinoma
Published in Cancer Weekly, April 6th, 2004
"Brain metastases from hepatocarcinoma (HCC) are exceptional and only a few cases have been reported in the literature, mainly from Far-Eastern countries. Clinical diagnosis in asymptomatic patients with preserved liver function is difficult and usually late. In some cases, cerebral metastasis is the initial manifestation of HCC and patients may develop intracerebral hemorrage and have a stroke-like presentation," scientists writing in the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research report.
"We report on the first Italian case of cerebral metastases from multifocal...
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