title: Large-sized brain metastasis of lung cancer without perifocal edema: case report.
abstract: A very rare case of a large-sized brain metastasis of lung cancer without perifocal edema is reported. This case suggested that the degree of perifocal edema may depend on the localization of the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hakodate Municipal Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Niwa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okuyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirai
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed