title: [Cerebral metastases in adenocarcinoma of the colon].
abstract: Between 25% and 35% of all patients with cancer, will develop metastases to the brain. Gastrointestinal neoplasms are responsible for 8% of all cases of metastatic brain involvement. The frequency of brain metastases in carcinoma of the colon ranges from 0.3 to 6%, and this location is usually accompanied by metastatic involvement of the lung and liver. Cerebral metastatic lesions are uncommon in colon cancer, and are usually a late manifestation of the disease. Because of the rarity of this complication, we report a case of metastatic colon adenocarcinoma to the brain, and we review the literature on this subject.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Valle de Hebrón, Departamento de Radioterapia y Oncología, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rovirosa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bodi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vicente
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alastuey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giralt
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Salvador
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Metástasis cerebrales en el adenocarcinoma de colon.