Metastatic carcinoma to glioma: a report of three cases with a critical review of the literature

S J Mörk; L J Rubinstein

doi:10.1136/jnnp.51.2.256

Metastatic carcinoma to glioma: a report of three cases with a critical review of the literature

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1988 Feb;51(2):256-9. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.51.2.256.

Authors

S J Mörk¹, L J Rubinstein

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908.

Abstract

Three cases are reported of primary bronchial carcinoma with metastatic deposits in an intracranial glioma (two cerebral astrocytomas and one fourth ventricle ependymoma). The rarity of this phenomenon is emphasised and the literature critically reviewed.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / pathology
Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
Adult
Astrocytoma / pathology*
Brain / pathology
Brain Neoplasms / pathology
Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
Carcinoma, Small Cell / pathology
Carcinoma, Small Cell / secondary*
Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / pathology
Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / secondary*
Ependymoma / pathology*
Humans
Lung / pathology
Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
Male
Middle Aged