PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tayo, Joel R.
AU  - Al-Abdulkarim, Huda
AU  - Al-Rayess, Molham
TI  - Brain metastasis as an initial manifestation of a gallbladder carcinoma
DP  - 2005 Jul 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 235--237
VI  - 10
IP  - 3
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/10/3/235.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/10/3/235.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2005 Jul 01; 10
AB  - Though autopsy studies demonstrated 5% metastasis to the brain, clinical presentation of a central nervous system metastasis from gallbladder cancer is rare. We report a case of a 72-year-old woman who initially presented with a solitary brain metastasis from an adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder, which was diagnosed pre-operatively as glioblastoma multiforme. This is the second of such a case in the English literature. We emphasize the importance of including metastasis in the differential diagnosis of single intracranial tumor for proper planning of patient management.