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Table 2 Characteristics of 47 hepatocellular carcinoma patients with initial extrahepatic metastases

From: Extrahepatic metastases as initial manifestations of hepatocellular carcinoma: an Egyptian experience

 

Number

Percent

Male/Female

38/9

Age range

40–80 years

Median age

60 years

HCV

47

100

HBV

1

2.1

Elevated AFP

22

46.8

Cirrhosis

36

76.6

Hepatic focal lesion:

  

-Solitary

38

80.9

-Multiple

9

19.1

Site of metastases:

  

- Bones

17

36.2

-Lymph nodes

9

19.1

- Soft tissue

7

15

- Omentum

7

15

-Maxillary sinus

2

4.2

-Adrenal gland

2

4.2

-Brain

2

4.2

-Skin

1

2.1

Pattern of HCC growth :

  

-Trabecular (plate like)

8

17 %

- Pseudoglandular (acinar)

2

4.3 %

-Solid

10

21.3 %

-Mixed patterns

27

57.4 %

Grade:

  

- Well differentiated

0

0 %

- Moderately differentiated

17

36.2 %

- Poorly differentiated

30

63.8 %

  1. HCV hepatitis C virus, HBV hepatitis B virus, AFP α fetoprotein