Case Report August 01, 2009 August 01, 2009

Orbital metastasis as the first clinical manifestation of hepatocellular carcinoma

DOI: 10.1590/S0034-72802009000400011

A fifty nine years old female presented a painful proptotic left eye for thirty days. Computed thomography of the orbits disclosed an orbital mass associated with osteolysis and intracranial invasion. Biopsy of the orbital tumor revealed the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Computed tomography showed the liver as the primary site of the tumor. Chemoterapy induced a significativ reduction of the orbital tumor. After four months, the orbital tumor increased its size and the pacient died ninetheen months after the diagnosis.