title: Solitary midbrain metastasis.
abstract: The available clinical and pathological data of 5 cases with solitary midbrain metastasis including 2 of the present study are reviewed. Progressive dementia occurred in one case and mild dementia in another who also developed ocular symptoms. Ocular symptoms with sensory and coordination disturbances were seen in one, and only ocular symptoms in another case. Right-sided hemiplegia of 5 years duration occurred in the remaining case. Survival in tegmentum lesions is short.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008297:Male; D008636:Mesencephalon; D008875:Middle Aged