Multiple haemorrhagic brain metastases from papillary thyroid cancer

H Isoda; M Takahashi; T Arai; R G Ramsey; T Yokoyama; T Mochizuki; I Yamamoto; M Kaneko

doi:10.1007/s002340050393

Multiple haemorrhagic brain metastases from papillary thyroid cancer

Neuroradiology. 1997 Mar;39(3):198-202. doi: 10.1007/s002340050393.

Authors

H Isoda¹, M Takahashi, T Arai, R G Ramsey, T Yokoyama, T Mochizuki, I Yamamoto, M Kaneko

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

PMID: 9106294
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050393

Abstract

We report a 40-year-old woman, who initially developed cerebellar symptoms, with multiple hemorrhagic brain metastases from a papillary thyroid cancer. Intracranial masses gave heterogeneous high signal on T1-weighted and T2-weighted images, hemosiderin rims on the latter. Some of the tumors showed contrast enhancement. Metastatic thyroid cancer is a consideration in a patient with multiple hemorrhagic masses.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain / pathology
Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis
Brain Neoplasms / pathology
Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
Carcinoma, Papillary / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Papillary / pathology
Carcinoma, Papillary / secondary*
Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnosis*
Cerebral Hemorrhage / pathology
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Middle Aged
Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*