A unique case of intracranial metastasis from lung carcinoma.
We describe a case of an intracranial metastasis from a lung carcinoma in the same location from which an intracranial meningioma had been completely removed surgically eleven months earlier. It is demonstrated that the metastasis originated in the scar of the first operation.
el Sharouni
S Y
SY
Radiotherapy Institute Limburg, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Berfelo
M W
MW
Theunissen
P H
PH
Jager
J J
JJ
de Jong
J M
JM
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D016371:Cranial Irradiation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation