title: [Cerebral metastases of gynecological origin].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A few cases of brain metastasis from gynecological cancer have been reported. This tumor usually dissaminates via the blood stream, normally through surface implantation or lymphatic spread.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We report four cases of brain metastases from gynecological cancer (2 from ovarian cancer and 2 from endometrial cancer).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Several months later, three patients developed brain metastases without any other location elsewhere. For the other patient, brain metastasis was the first sign of her malignant disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In brain metastases from gynecological cancer, treatment should consist in surgical resection, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Erasme-ULB, Bruxelles, Belgique.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: De Witte
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lefranc
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Salmon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Violon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brotchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Métastases cérébrales d'origine gynécologique.