title: A case of brain metastasis from pulmonary giant cell carcinoma.
abstract: A 74-year old female was admitted to our hospital due to sudden right hemiparesis. Precontrast brain computed tomography (CT) revealed multiple high-density masses consistent with multiple hemorrhage, and chest CT scan demonstrated a mass in the left lung field without hemorrhage. Follow-up CT showed enlargement of the multiple intracerebral hemorrhages. A diagnosis was made of brain metastasis from a rare pure giant cell carcinoma (GCC) of the lung.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Koyanagi Memorial Hospital, Saga, Japan. hagihara167@solid.ocn.ne.jp
authors: Naoshi
authors: N
authors: Hagihara
authors: Toshi
authors: T
authors: Abe
authors: Tomihiro
authors: T
authors: Wakamiya
authors: Yasuo
authors: Y
authors: Sugita
authors: Mitsuo
authors: M
authors: Watanabe
authors: Kazuo
authors: K
authors: Tabuchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D018286:Carcinoma, Giant Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed