Cerebral metastasis without known primary tumour: a retrospective study.
A retrospective study was made of 19 patients who underwent operation for an intracerebral metastasis of an unknown primary tumour. Most patients survived for a few months only, with 2 remarkable ecceptions. In only 8 of them, the primary tumour became manifest in the further course of the illness.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies