Adenocarcinoma of the lung presenting with atypical cystic brain lesions.
Brain metastases occur in up to 10-30% of patients with cancer. Metastatic lesions are usually diagnosed as multiple mass lesions at the junction of the grey and white matter with associated perilesional vasogenic oedema. Cysticercosis is an endemic disease in underdeveloped countries of Africa, Central and South America and is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system. The classical radiological finding of neurocysticercosis is cystic lesions showing the scolex in the brain parenchyma. We report a case of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung presenting with cystic brain lesions mimicking neurocysticercosis.
Department of Oncology, Real Hospital Portugues, Recife, Brazil.
Ricardo
R
Costa
Rubens B
RB
Costa
Carlos
C
Bacchi
Filipe
F
Sarinho
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000077192:Adenocarcinoma of Lung; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis*