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Solitary brain metastases from
uterus carcinoma: report of three cases
M. Salvati, E. Caroli,
E. Ramundo Orlando, A. Nardone, A. Frati, G. Innocenzi and F. Giangaspero
Department
of Neurosurgery-INM Neuromed IRCCS, Pozzilli (Is) (M.S., A.N., A.F., G.I., F.G.);
Department
of Neurological Sciences, Neurosurgery, Policlinico Umberto I, University of
Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy (E.C., E.R.O.)
Solitary brain metastases from
uterine carcinoma are uncommon.
Intracranial metastases from uterus usually occur in
widely disseminated disease.
We report three cases of solitary brain metastasis from uterine cancer.
In one of these patients metastasis was
detected prior to diagnosis of primitive cancer.
In a review of the literature only seven cases of solitary brain metastasis
preceding the diagnosis of uterine cancer have
been documented.
Key words: brain
metastasis, chemotherapy, gynecologic tumors, radiotherapy, uterine cancer
© 2004 Kluwer
Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands.
Source: http://journals.kluweronline.com/article.asp?PIPS=5143533
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