title: Single brain metastases from cervical carcinoma: report of two cases and critical review of the literature.
abstract: Single brain metastases from cervical carcinomas are rare. We report two cases of solitary brain metastases, showing different histological types, which have been excised with microsurgical technique. Neuroendocrine differentiation does not seem to be connected to clinical behavior, indeed a poor prognosis depends on poorly differentiated histological types. In our cases, brain metastases were a late event and they have been successfully excised in microsurgery, thanks to their solitary and resectable nature, and a well-controlled primary disease.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, INM Neuromed IRCCS, Via Atinense 18, Pozzilli, IS, Italy.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Marongiu
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Salvati
authors: A
authors: A
authors: D'Elia
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Arcella
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Giangaspero
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Esposito
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*