title: Cerebral metastasis of cervical cancer, report of two cases and review of the literature.
abstract: Cervical cancers spread locally through the angiolymphatic apparatus and very rarely metastasize to the brain. The intracranial metastasis is a late event and a sign of poor prognosis. We present two cases of uterine cervical carcinomas with brain metastasis presenting with severe headaches in one case and hemiparesis and aphasia in the other one. Palliative craniotomy and debulking of the tumor was performed in both patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomic Pathology, Moffitt Cancer Center, USA.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Setoodeh
authors.forename: Ardeshir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hakam
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shan
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D054022:Cerebrum / Q000473:pathology*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003399:Craniotomy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor