Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Samanci, Y
• Iplikcioglu, C
• Ozek, E
• Ozcan, D
• Marangozoglu, B

Titel

Lung carcinoma metastasis presenting as a pineal region tumor

Ist Teil von

• Neurocirugía (Asturias, Spain), 2011, Vol.22 (6), p.579-582

Ort / Verlag

Spain: Elsevier España

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Summary The pineal region is an unusual site for brain metastasis and most metastatic pineal lesions are asymptomatic. A 53 year-old man presented with severe headache, limitation of upward gaze and diplopia. The patient's neurological examination was unremarkable. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the brain demonstrated a 1,5 × 2 cm well demarcated solitary mass in the pineal region with hydrocephalus. Surgery was performed and adenocarcinoma was diagnosed. A systemic investigation revealed adenocarcinoma of the lung as primary lesion. Although rare, metastatic tumor should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pineal region tumors.