title: [A brain metastasis from ampullary carcinoma: a case report].
abstract: We report a rare case of brain metastasis from ampullary carcinoma. A 61-year-old woman who had a past history of ampullary carcinoma surgically treated two year previously, presented with symptoms of left visual disturbance and left hemiparesis. Brain magnetic resonance images demonstrated a right occipital lobe tumor with peritumoral edema and midline shift. Gross total resection was carried out. Pathological diagnosis was poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma with compartments of signet-ring cell carcinoma. Metastases outside the abdominal cavity are rare. Brain metastases from ampullary carcinomas are extremely rare and there are few reports about such cases.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Saitama-ken Saiseikai Kurihashi Hospital, Japan.
authors: Go
authors: G
authors: Matsuoka
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Wanifuchi
authors: Sakiko
authors: S
authors: Suzuki
authors: Kazuho
authors: K
authors: Honda
authors: Yoshikazu
authors: Y
authors: Okada
mesh_terms: D014670:Ampulla of Vater / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome