Table 5.
Clinical profile of 14 patients who died of extrahepatic metastases during the follow-up period
| Case | Presentation | Site | Intrahepatic HCC 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.