Ovarian carcinoma relapsing as a cerebellopontine angle tumour.
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.
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Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. rcctvm@md2.vsnl.net.in
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Ramachandran
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Ajithkumar
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Nair
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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