title: Metastatic carcinoid tumour of the CNS from two different primary sites.
abstract: Two cases of carcinoid tumour affecting the central nervous system through their metastases were treated surgically. The first case was carcinoid tumour of the lung with a single metastases in the right frontal lobe of the brain, while the second developed metastases of the sixth thoracic vertebra from a terminal ileum bowel primary causing spinal cord compression. Neither case developed carcinoid syndrome. The rarity of such metastases affecting the central nervous system is discussed together with a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, England.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saleh
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Afshar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008297:Male; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery