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Cerebellar metastasis from serous adenocarcinoma of the ovary mimicking pilocytic astrocytoma

Serous adenocarcinoma of the ovary rarely can present with solitary solid -cystic cerebellar metastasis, mimicking pilocytic astrocytoma. A middle aged women, who underwent total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingoopherectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy for ovarian adenocarcinoma, presented...

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Autores principales: Tandon, Vivek, Garg, Kanwaljeet, Mahapatra, A. K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3532761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23293670
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.103720
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description Serous adenocarcinoma of the ovary rarely can present with solitary solid -cystic cerebellar metastasis, mimicking pilocytic astrocytoma. A middle aged women, who underwent total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingoopherectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy for ovarian adenocarcinoma, presented to us with the history of headache, vomiting, and imbalance. Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed solitary cerebellar, solid cystic lesion with cyst lining and solid portion enhancing on contrast which was mimicking pilocytic astrocytoma and there was no perilesional edema. Gross total excision of the cerebellar lesion was done followed by resolution of her symptoms. Histopathology showed metastatic adenocarcinoma consistent with the primary ovarian carcinoma. In patients of ovarian carcinoma, presenting with features of raised intracranial pressureICP] thorough investigations must be done to rule out metastasis. Solitary metastasis of the cerebellum because of ovarian carcinoma may mimic pilocytic astrocytoma.
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spelling pubmed-35327612013-01-04 Cerebellar metastasis from serous adenocarcinoma of the ovary mimicking pilocytic astrocytoma Tandon, Vivek Garg, Kanwaljeet Mahapatra, A. K. Asian J Neurosurg Yns Corner Serous adenocarcinoma of the ovary rarely can present with solitary solid -cystic cerebellar metastasis, mimicking pilocytic astrocytoma. A middle aged women, who underwent total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingoopherectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy for ovarian adenocarcinoma, presented to us with the history of headache, vomiting, and imbalance. Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed solitary cerebellar, solid cystic lesion with cyst lining and solid portion enhancing on contrast which was mimicking pilocytic astrocytoma and there was no perilesional edema. Gross total excision of the cerebellar lesion was done followed by resolution of her symptoms. Histopathology showed metastatic adenocarcinoma consistent with the primary ovarian carcinoma. In patients of ovarian carcinoma, presenting with features of raised intracranial pressureICP] thorough investigations must be done to rule out metastasis. Solitary metastasis of the cerebellum because of ovarian carcinoma may mimic pilocytic astrocytoma. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3532761/ /pubmed/23293670 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.103720 Text en Copyright: © Asian Journal of Neurosurgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cerebellar metastasis from serous adenocarcinoma of the ovary mimicking pilocytic astrocytoma
title Cerebellar metastasis from serous adenocarcinoma of the ovary mimicking pilocytic astrocytoma
title_full Cerebellar metastasis from serous adenocarcinoma of the ovary mimicking pilocytic astrocytoma
title_fullStr Cerebellar metastasis from serous adenocarcinoma of the ovary mimicking pilocytic astrocytoma
title_full_unstemmed Cerebellar metastasis from serous adenocarcinoma of the ovary mimicking pilocytic astrocytoma
title_short Cerebellar metastasis from serous adenocarcinoma of the ovary mimicking pilocytic astrocytoma
title_sort cerebellar metastasis from serous adenocarcinoma of the ovary mimicking pilocytic astrocytoma
topic Yns Corner
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3532761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23293670
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.103720
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