A Case of Metastatic Small Hepatocelluiar Carcinoma to Cranial Bone with Left Eyelid Ptosis

Korean J Hepatol > Volume 7(3); 2001 > Article

The Korean Journal of Hepatology 2001;7(3): 320-324.

두개골 전이 및 좌측 안검하수증을 동반한 소간세포암종 1 예 ( A Case of Metastatic Small Hepatocelluiar Carcinoma to Cranial Bone with Left Eyelid Ptosis )

A Case of Metastatic Small Hepatocelluiar Carcinoma to Cranial Bone with Left Eyelid Ptosis

Sung-Bum Cho, M.D., Soo-Jung Lee, M.D., Kyoung-Won Yoon, M.D., Young-Eun Joo, M.D. Hyun-Soo Kim, M.D., Sung-Kyu Choi, M.D., Jong-Sun Rew, M.D., and Sei-Jong Kim, M.D.

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

ABSTRACT

Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) usually spreads to lung, regional lymph node, bone and the other organs by hematogenous, lymphatic route and direct extention at the advanced stage. Extrahepatic metastases from small HCC are, however, rare events. The frequent involving bony metastases are spine, rib and long bone. These are rare in cranial bone. Therefore, a case of small HCC diagnosed by first manifestation of cranial bone metastasis is very rare. We report a case of cranial bone metastasis with left eyelid ptosis from small HCC and review the literature pertaining to this condition.(Korean J Hepatol 2001;7:320-324)

KeyWords: Neoplasm/Liver/Hepatocellular carcinoma, Cranial bone metastasis, Ptosis