Clinical features and prognosis of patients with extrahepatic metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 5 Clinical profile of 14 patients who died of extrahepatic metastases during the follow-up period

Case	Presentation	Site	IntrahepaticHCC stage	Sex	Age(yr)	Child-Pugh stage	Etiology
1	R	Lung	T3	M	65	A	HCV
2	R	Lung	T4	M	35	CH	HBV
3	R	Lung	T3	M	56	A	HBV
4	R	Lung, vertebra	T0	M	40	CH	HBV
5	R	Lung, vertebra	T1	M	69	A	HBV
6	R	Lung, LN	T0	M	63	B	HBV
7	R	Lung, vertebra, nasal	T0	M	50	A	HBV
8	R	Lung	T3	M	73	A	NBNC
9	I	Skull	T1	M	57	A	HCV
10	I	Skull	T2	F	72	C	HCV
11	I	Skull	T3	M	56	B	HCV
12	A	Vertebra	T3	M	69	A	HCV
13	O	Lung, rib, LN	T1	M	74	A	HCV
14	O	Vertebra, LN	T1	M	70	B	HCV

All patients with intrahepatic tumor stage T0-T2 were treated previously for intrahepatic HCC. R: respiratory failure; CH: chronic hepatitis; LN: lymph node; NBNC: no hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus; I: intracranial hypertension symptom; A: aspiration-related pneumonia; O: obstructive jaundice.