Cystic solitary intracerebral metastasis from prostate adenocarcinoma

B Behrens; M M Husain; J W Schmidley

doi:10.1007/s002340000509

Cystic solitary intracerebral metastasis from prostate adenocarcinoma

Neuroradiology. 2001 Feb;43(2):162-4. doi: 10.1007/s002340000509.

Authors

B Behrens¹, M M Husain, J W Schmidley

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham St., Slot 500, Little Rock, AR 72205-7199, USA.

PMID: 11326565
DOI: 10.1007/s002340000509

Abstract

Brain metastases from prostate adenocarcinoma are rare; spread to brain as the only site of metastasis is even rarer. We present a patient with a large, cystic, solitary intracerebral metastasis from prostate adenocarcinoma. The pertinent literature is reviewed.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis
Adenocarcinoma / epidemiology
Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
Aged
Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis
Brain Neoplasms / epidemiology
Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*