Calvarial metastasis from endometrial carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature

Hematogenous bone metastases from endometrial carcinoma are not frequent and their treatment is a matter of debate. We describe an extremely rare case of calvarial metastasis from endometrial carcinoma in an 80-year-old woman treated by means of one-step surgical radical resection and heterologous c...

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Autores principales: Cecchi, Paolo C., Kluge, Reinhard, Schwarz, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25685234
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.146648
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description Hematogenous bone metastases from endometrial carcinoma are not frequent and their treatment is a matter of debate. We describe an extremely rare case of calvarial metastasis from endometrial carcinoma in an 80-year-old woman treated by means of one-step surgical radical resection and heterologous cranioplasty, along with a review of the literature regarding epidemiology, clinico-radiological features, prognosis, and management of skull metastases.
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spelling pubmed-43239812015-02-13 Calvarial metastasis from endometrial carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature Cecchi, Paolo C. Kluge, Reinhard Schwarz, Andreas Asian J Neurosurg Case Report Hematogenous bone metastases from endometrial carcinoma are not frequent and their treatment is a matter of debate. We describe an extremely rare case of calvarial metastasis from endometrial carcinoma in an 80-year-old woman treated by means of one-step surgical radical resection and heterologous cranioplasty, along with a review of the literature regarding epidemiology, clinico-radiological features, prognosis, and management of skull metastases. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4323981/ /pubmed/25685234 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.146648 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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title Calvarial metastasis from endometrial carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature
title_full Calvarial metastasis from endometrial carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Calvarial metastasis from endometrial carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Calvarial metastasis from endometrial carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature
title_short Calvarial metastasis from endometrial carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature
title_sort calvarial metastasis from endometrial carcinoma: case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25685234
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.146648
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