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brain metastases
- 10% of intracranial mass lesions are mets
- 10-38% of pts with systemic cancer have brain mets
- adults:
- lung, breast, GU tract, colon/rectum,
melanoma, sinuses
- kids:
- neuroblastoma, embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma,
Wilms tumor
Location:
- most in MCA distribution at the cortex
- 20% in posterior fossa
see also: hemorrhagic mets
Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013
Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
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