MRI in carcinomatous encephalitis.
We report a rare case of miliary brain metastases presenting with symptoms similar to encephalitis ("carcinomatous encephalitis"). Contrast-enhanced MRI demonstrated miliary metastases more distinctly than other imaging methods and reproduced the pathological features.
Shirai
H
H
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
Imai
S
S
Kajihara
Y
Y
Tamada
T
T
Gyoten
M
M
Kamei
T
T
Hata
T
T
Shirabe
T
T
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000473:pathology; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology