Brain Metastasis as an Initial Manifestation of Ovarian Carcinoma: A Case Report
Brain metastasis is a rare and late manifestation of ovarian carcinoma. A 30-year-old woman initially presenting with neurologic symptoms was later found to have mucinous ovarian carcinoma. The patient had a 6 cm adnexal mass with multiple millimetric brain metastatic lesions. Following a surgical s...
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| author | Zafer Selçuk Tuncer Gokhan Boyraz Aslıhan Yazıcıoğlu İlker Selcuk Senem Özge Yücel |
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| description | Brain metastasis is a rare and late manifestation of ovarian carcinoma. A 30-year-old woman initially presenting with neurologic symptoms was later found to have mucinous ovarian carcinoma. The patient had a 6 cm adnexal mass with multiple millimetric brain metastatic lesions. Following a surgical staging laparotomy procedure, the patient received brain irradiation and systemic chemotherapy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-30c04380d155468e9932a7ce5a97aae72025-02-03T01:09:13ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352012-01-01201210.1155/2012/735026735026Brain Metastasis as an Initial Manifestation of Ovarian Carcinoma: A Case ReportZafer Selçuk Tuncer0Gokhan Boyraz1Aslıhan Yazıcıoğlu2İlker Selcuk3Senem Özge Yücel4Gynecologic Oncology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, TurkeyBrain metastasis is a rare and late manifestation of ovarian carcinoma. A 30-year-old woman initially presenting with neurologic symptoms was later found to have mucinous ovarian carcinoma. The patient had a 6 cm adnexal mass with multiple millimetric brain metastatic lesions. Following a surgical staging laparotomy procedure, the patient received brain irradiation and systemic chemotherapy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/735026 |
| spellingShingle | Zafer Selçuk Tuncer Gokhan Boyraz Aslıhan Yazıcıoğlu İlker Selcuk Senem Özge Yücel Brain Metastasis as an Initial Manifestation of Ovarian Carcinoma: A Case Report Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Brain Metastasis as an Initial Manifestation of Ovarian Carcinoma: A Case Report |
| title_full | Brain Metastasis as an Initial Manifestation of Ovarian Carcinoma: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Brain Metastasis as an Initial Manifestation of Ovarian Carcinoma: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Brain Metastasis as an Initial Manifestation of Ovarian Carcinoma: A Case Report |
| title_short | Brain Metastasis as an Initial Manifestation of Ovarian Carcinoma: A Case Report |
| title_sort | brain metastasis as an initial manifestation of ovarian carcinoma a case report |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/735026 |
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