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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


 

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