A Case of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Young Age Younger than 20 Years Old

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is very rare in young age. Most young patients tend to receive the evaluation only when they experience intractable or persistent symptoms. Therefore, HCC in young patients is often diagnosed at advanced stage and thus, young HCC patients have a worse prognosis than older HCC. However, because young HCC patients show well-preserved liver function than older HCC, they are tolerable to more aggressive treatments. We report a case of advanced HCC in 13-year and 8-month old male who has been a B-viral carrier. Despite the tumor size decreased after concurrent chemoradiation therapy, multiple lung and brain metastases developed. He underwent radiofrequency ablations on lung metastases and gamma-knife surgery on brain metastasis, and he has received systemic and intra-arterial chemotherapy. The screening and early diagnosis of HCC in young age is needed especially for B-viral carrier with a family history of HCCope