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Late Isolated Central Nervous System Relapse from Ovarian Serous Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

Authors :
de Castria, Tiago Biachi
Rodrigues, Sylvia Regina Quintanilha
Diz, Maria del Pilar Estevez
Source :
Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014.

Abstract

Central nervous system involvement by ovarian serous adenocarcinoma is rare. We report a case of a 60-year-old woman that developed brain metastasis as isolated site of relapse 4.5 years after a complete resection and adjuvant chemotherapy for a stage Ic disease. She proceeded to a craniotomy with resection of the lesion and, subsequently, to a whole brain radiotherapy. Nineteen months later, she developed carcinomatous meningitis as isolated site of recurrence. Patient was submitted to intrathecal chemotherapy with methotrexate; however, she died from progressive neurologic involvement disease few weeks later.

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Language :
English
ISSN :
20906684
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Accession number :
edsair.hindawi.publ..30ec2dfc8109f8434f17f29a8161384b
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/297307