title: Ovarian carcinoma relapsing as a cerebellopontine angle tumour.
abstract: Involvement of the central nervous system in epithelial ovarian carcinoma is rare. A 46-year-old woman with ovarian carcinoma relapsing with brain metastasis is described. She received radiotherapy for the metastasis and survived for 18 months.
authors.affiliation: Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. rcctvm@md2.vsnl.net.in
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Geetha
authors.forename: F V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Ajithkumar
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Nair
mesh_terms: D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018283:Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed