Brain Metastasis as an Initial Manifestation of Ovarian Carcinoma: A Case Report

Brain metastasis is a rare and late manifestation of ovarian carcinoma. A 30-year-old woman initially presenting with neurologic symptoms was later found to have mucinous ovarian carcinoma. The patient had a 6 cm adnexal mass with multiple millimetric brain metastatic lesions. Following a surgical s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tuncer, Zafer Selçuk, Boyraz, Gokhan, Yazıcıoğlu, Aslıhan, Selcuk, İlker, Yücel, Senem Özge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3539383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23316241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/735026
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Sumario:Brain metastasis is a rare and late manifestation of ovarian carcinoma. A 30-year-old woman initially presenting with neurologic symptoms was later found to have mucinous ovarian carcinoma. The patient had a 6 cm adnexal mass with multiple millimetric brain metastatic lesions. Following a surgical staging laparotomy procedure, the patient received brain irradiation and systemic chemotherapy.

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