A report of Bell's Palsy triggered by leptomeningeal metastases from recurrent high grade serous ovarian cancer

Khilen B Patel; Anna Gaidis; Angela Stephens; Thomas Z Thompson; Heather Williams; Bunja Rungruang

doi:10.1016/j.gore.2018.10.006

A report of Bell's Palsy triggered by leptomeningeal metastases from recurrent high grade serous ovarian cancer

Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2018 Oct 19:26:82-86. doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2018.10.006. eCollection 2018 Nov.

Authors

Khilen B Patel¹, Anna Gaidis¹, Angela Stephens¹, Thomas Z Thompson², Heather Williams³, Bunja Rungruang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Augusta University, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15 St. Augusta, GA 30912, Georgia.
² Department of Pathology, Augusta University, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15 St. Augusta, GA 30912, Georgia.
³ Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Augusta University, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15 St. Augusta, GA 30912, Georgia.

Abstract

•CNS metastases involving leptomeninges (LM) are extremely rare in patients with ovarian cancer.•Prognosis for ovarian cancer patients with LM metastases is very poor and treatment is palliative in nature.•Chemotherapy is administered intrathecally via an Ommaya reservoir or intra-CSF via repeated lumbar punctures.•Early recognition of LM metastases can help maintain the patients' quality of life by minimizing neurological deficits.

Keywords: Bell's Palsy; Leptomeningeal metastases; epithelial ovarian cancer.

Publication types

Case Reports