Long Term Survival in Patient with Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Surgical Resection of Brain Metastasis: A Case Report

Lee, Jeong-Ho; Yu, Hyung-Min; Cho, Sung-Bum

doi:2016.16.1.38

J Liver Cancer > Volume 16(1); 2016 > Article

Case Report

Journal of Liver Cancer 2016;16(1):38-41.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17998/jlc.16.1.38 Published online March 31, 2016.

Long Term Survival in Patient with Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Surgical Resection of Brain Metastasis: A Case Report

Jeong-Ho Lee, Hyung-Min Yu, Sung-Bum Cho

Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Abstract

Brain metastasis is a rare condition of extraheptaic metastases in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and brain metastasis have rapidly worsened neurologic signs and symptoms, therefore it is regarded to oncologic emergency. Current recommended treatments for brain metastasis are surgical resection or gamma-knife surgery with/without whole brain radiation therapy (RT). However, patients with brain metastasis have a very poor prognosis after adequate treatment. Here, we report a 62-year-old man with HCC and brain metastasis who had long term survival after surgical resection and whole brain RT. (J Liver Cancer 2016;16:38-41)

Key Words: Hepatocellular carcinoma; Neoplasm metastasis; Surgery

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