Brain metastasis in epithelial ovarian carcinoma: Case series

Thakur, Shabnum; Fotedar, Vikas; Gupta, Manish

doi:10.4103/jrcr.jrcr_11_20

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“…1 Epithelial ovarian carcinoma most commonly progresses to intraperitoneal dissemination, followed by metastasis to the pleural cavity, liver, and lung. 2 Brain metastasis are more common with primary tumours of the lung, breast, renal, colorectal carcinomas and melanoma. A study done by Piura and Piura suggested that out of all gynaecological cancers, the incidence of brain metastasis of ovarian malignancy is 1.2% which is twice the incidence associated with cervical or endometrial cancer.…”

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Brain Metastasis of Papillary Ovarian Adenocarcinoma

Chhabra¹,

Dalal²,

Singh³

2022

Phil Journal Path

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Brain metastasis from epithelial ovarian cancer is a rare diagnostic entity with a reported incidence of 1-2%. Serous epithelial ovarian cancer is usually associated with a poor prognosis and is the most common malignancy metastasizing to the brain. The median time from primary diagnosis to development of cerebral lesions is directly correlated with the initial tumour grade and stage. The median survival after diagnosis of brain metastases is 6 months. It is suggested that brain imaging studies should be included in the follow up of patients after treatment for ovarian carcinoma. We report a case of brain metastasis of ovarian adenocarcinoma 2 years post-surgery and six cycles of chemotherapy.

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“…It is advisable to include brain imaging studies in the follow up of patients after treatment for ovarian carcinoma. 1,2 The patient started chemotherapy but was lost to follow up after 1 month. There was no other information available regarding further treatment.…”

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confidence: 99%