title: Multiple brain metastases in a patient with uterine papillary serous adenocarcinoma: Treatment options for this rarely seen metastatic brain tumor.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Uterine papillary serous adenocarcinoma (UPSAC) occurs 10-fold less frequently than endometrial carcinoma, and is referred to type 2 endometrial adenocarcinoma. The prognosis of UPSAC is worse than that of type I endometrial carcinoma. Herein we report what is only the second case of UPSAC, but it should prove to be more informative than the first reported case.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 71-year-old female had three different metastases in the brain; two of the metastases were located in the posterior fossa within the cerebellar parenchyma with perilesional edema, but no mass effect, and the third metastasis was located in the right frontal lobe, and caused hemispheric edema and subfalcine herniation. The lesion that caused mass effect was completely extirpated without any surgical complications. The patient's recovery was excellent. She is able to walk independently, and use her left hand and left arm. Her Karnofsky performance score 5 months postsurgery was 80/100.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on the outcome in the presented case, we think that in any UPSAC patient with a metastatic brain tumor causing mass effect the symptomatic metastatic tumor must be removed, regardless of disease grade, to ensure optimal quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Baskent University Medical Faculty, Maresal Fevzi Cakmak Cad. 10. Sokak No: 45 C 06490, Bahcelievler, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Salih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gulsen
authors.forename: Aysen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terzi
keywords: Adenocarcinoma cerebrum; cerebellum; metastases; uterine
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