Metastatic cancer lung
Metastaze în trunchiul cerebral la un pacient cu cancer pulmonar. Source: Romanian Journal of Neurology. Author s : Pană, B.
Metastatic cancer lung, Revista Romana de Anatomie - Metastatic cancer from lung to brain
Abstract: Introduction. Cerebral metastases are the most common type of intracranial tumors, representing more than half of the eases.
Case report.
We present the case of a 86 years old male, without a personal medical history, admitted for the impossibility o f walking and maintaining orthostatic position. He also complains of a progressive headache, started a few months ago. Objective examination.
Atrial fibrillation w ith normal heart rate, astasia-abasia, horizontal gaze palsy of both eyes The cerebral MR I scan reveals two pontine masses, one of them w ith perilestonal edema involving the middle cerebellar peduncle and the left cerebellar hemisphere.
Metastaze în trunchiul cerebral la un pacient cu cancer pulmonar.
The thorax-abdomen-peivic CT is suggestive for a pulmonary neoplasm w ith liver metastases. Discussions and conclusions.
However, it is known that some types of cancer have a predilection to disseminate in particular brain areas. Pelvic, gastrointestinal and breast tumors more commonly metastasize in the posterior fossa, while metastases from small cell lung cancer metastatic cancer lung equally distributed In all the regions.
The particularity o f the case is given by the localization of the metastases and the fact that the neurological manifestation was the first symptom o f the malignancy. English Copyright of Romanian Journal of Neurology is the property of Amaltea Medical Publishing House and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or metastatic cancer lung to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission.
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