title: Brain metastasis from cervical carcinoma--a case report.
abstract: Brain metastases from cervical carcinomas are extremely rare. We report a patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix who developed an isolated left parietooccipital lobe metastasis within 4 months of treatment of the primary disease. The presenting symptoms of the metastatic disease were visual disturbance, headache, and vomiting. The patient was successfully treated by surgical excision of the metastasis and adjuvant whole brain radiation therapy, and she was disease-free at the 6-month follow-up after treatment of the recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Genito-Urinary and Gynecologic Oncology services, Department of Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Maheshwari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amita
authors.forename: Gupta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sudeep
authors.forename: Wuntkal
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rekha
authors.forename: Kulkarni
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yogesh
authors.forename: Tongaonkar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hemant
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*