RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Brain metastasis as an initial manifestation of a gallbladder carcinoma
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 235
OP 237
VO 10
IS 3
A1 Joel R. Tayo
A1 Huda Al-Abdulkarim
A1 Molham Al-Rayess
YR 2005
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/10/3/235.abstract
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.