revalence of symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases among patients with breast cancer ranges from 5% to 16%, although autoptic studies have reported prevalence rates of up to 30%. Solid brain tumours are the most common presentation in the CNS (85-95%), and they tend to arise at the grey-white matter junction with a distribution that is proportional to the regional cerebral blood flow. Descriptions of solitary intra-ventricular metastasis are very rare; to date no cases from breast cancer have been reported in the literature. We present the unusual case of a breast cancer patient who developed a solitary choroid plexus metastasis in the left lateral ventricle.
Solitary intra-ventricular brain metastasis from a breast carcinoma / Della Puppa A, Dal Pos S, Zovato S, Orvieto E, Ciccarino P, Manara R,Zustovich F, Berti F, Gardiman MP, Scienza R.. - In: JOURNAL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 1573-7373. - ELETTRONICO. - (2010), pp. 123-126.
Solitary intra-ventricular brain metastasis from a breast carcinoma.
Della Puppa A;
2010
Abstract
revalence of symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases among patients with breast cancer ranges from 5% to 16%, although autoptic studies have reported prevalence rates of up to 30%. Solid brain tumours are the most common presentation in the CNS (85-95%), and they tend to arise at the grey-white matter junction with a distribution that is proportional to the regional cerebral blood flow. Descriptions of solitary intra-ventricular metastasis are very rare; to date no cases from breast cancer have been reported in the literature. We present the unusual case of a breast cancer patient who developed a solitary choroid plexus metastasis in the left lateral ventricle.
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