Brain metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma: A case report and review of the literature

Table 1 Some of the previous case presentations with HCC and brain metastasis in the literature

Author	Distinctive presentation
Moriya et al[4]	Brain metastasis seen in 1 year interval after hepatectomy for HCC
Endo et al[6]	Subgaleal and epidural metastasis presenting as epidural hemorrhage and died from hepatic failure
Peres et al[7]	Cerebral metastasis presenting as initial finding of HCC
Tanabe et al[11]	15-year-old boy and the other case presenting as headache
Loo et al[12]	Two cases with cerebral metastasis presenting as initial finding of HCC
Salvati et al[9]	Cerebral metastasis with stroke-like presentation
Asahara et al[10]	Brain metastasis seen after hepatectomy for HCC in 5 cases
Kim et al[8]	Seven patients with brain metastasis
Yen et al[16]	Eighteen cases with brain metastasis
Shuangshoti et al[14]	Nine cases with brain metastasis
Friedman et al[13]	A rare case with no identifiable risk factor for primary liver cancer