Intracranial hemorrhages in metastatic brain tumors.
Ten cases of brain metastases with significant intracranial hemorrhage are examined. The most frequent primary tumors were melanoma and lung carcinoma; bleeding was more commonly intratumoral and intracerebral. The clinical onset was acute in 6 cases and gradual in 4; the average survival time was 2 months. Intracranial bleeding in patients with brain metastases can present as a "stroke syndrome" and it remarkably reduces the survival time.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology