Slow Progression of Calcified Cerebellar Metastasis From Ovarian Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
| العنوان: | Slow Progression of Calcified Cerebellar Metastasis From Ovarian Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
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| المؤلفون: | Yuzuru Hasegawa, Satoru Tochigi, Toshihide Tanaka, Michiyasu Fuga, Toshiaki Abe, Daichi Kawamura, Koreaki Irie, Takeshi Yanagisawa |
| المصدر: | Neurologia medico-chirurgica |
| بيانات النشر: | The Japan Neurosurgical Society, 2013. |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic, Stage IIIC Ovarian Cancer, medicine.medical_treatment, Ovariectomy, Case Report, Hysterectomy, Deoxycytidine, surgery, Calcinosis, medicine, Humans, Cerebellar Neoplasms, Craniotomy, Ovarian Mucinous Adenocarcinoma, Encephalocele, Ovarian Neoplasms, business.industry, cerebellar, Cerebellar Neoplasm, medicine.disease, calcified metastasis, Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous, Combined Modality Therapy, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Gemcitabine, Surgery, ovarian cancer, Disease Progression, Female, Neurology (clinical), Differential diagnosis, Cranial Irradiation, Ovarian cancer, business, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Hydrocephalus |
| الوصف: | The report describes a rare case of a patient with a calcified cerebellar metastasis arising from a primary ovarian cancer. The patient was a 33-year-old woman with a long history of stage IIIc ovarian cancer who had undergone transabdominal hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy followed by chemotherapy with gemcitabine hydrochloride. Incidentally, computed tomography (CT) revealed a cerebellar tumor with calcification. The size of the tumor gradually increased, and lateral suboccipital craniotomy was performed for gross total removal of the tumor. The histological diagnosis was ovarian mucinous adenocarcinoma. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful, and she was discharged two days after surgery. Brain metastases from ovarian cancer are rare. In the review of metastatic brain tumors arising from a primary ovarian cancer in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at our institution, this phenomenon was noted in only 10 cases (0.24%) of 4,158 patients with ovarian cancer seen at our center over a period of 8 years. Moreover, only three cases of calcified metastatic brain tumor have been reported previously. In conclusion, complete tumor resection may be an acceptable approach for patients with calcified metastatic tumors both for therapeutic considerations and to obtain tissue for confirmation of histopathological diagnosis. Metastatic brain tumors can be calcified, and should be considered within the differential diagnosis of calcified intracranial lesions to avoid any delay in diagnosis or treatment. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1349-8029 0470-8105 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::5a92acf9799fe16ce46fe4f781a809d7Test http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4508753Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....5a92acf9799fe16ce46fe4f781a809d7 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 13498029 04708105 |
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