title: Brain metastasis from primary peritoneal carcinoma: Case report and literature review.
abstract: Here, we describe a patient with primary peritoneal carcinoma (PPC) who developed a late, solitary brain metastasis. It is a case of a 68-year-old female presented with a 1-month history of progressive gait disturbance who had undergone a surgical resection of PPC five years prior, followed by adjuvant chemotherapy. An MRI revealed a 4.6cm mass lesion in her right cerebellum. The patient underwent total removal of the tumour. The histopathology was consistent with a brain metastasis due to PPC. This condition is a rare malignancy of peritoneum, and only six cases of brain metastasis have been reported in PPC patients to date. Due to the prolongation of survival resulting from advanced chemotherapy for PPC, more patients will live long enough to develop brain metastases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan. Electronic address: masuoka@cc.saga-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Masuoka
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ebashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Motofumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koguchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takase
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Shoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimokawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Masatou
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.affiliation: Saga Rehabilitation Hospital, 1-17-1 Minamisaga, Saga 840-0016, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshihara
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Brain metastasis; Isolated single brain metastasis; Primary peritoneal carcinoma