Spreading of metastases into cranial tumors: metastasis of a breast carcinoma to a pilocytic astrocytoma.
The case of a 29-year-old patient with metastasis of a breast carcinoma to a pilocytic astrocytoma is presented. Review of this exceptional occurrence is given. Discussing the possible causes of this coincidence we suggest that the phenomenon is probably an accidental event.
Müller
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Institute of Pathology, Laboratory of Neuropathology, University, Köln, Germany.
Schröder
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D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness