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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ferreira Neto, Otávio da Cunha
• Bezerra, Roberto Borges
• Silva, Rhuann Pontes dos Santos
• Silva, Melissa Helena Rodrigues
• de Alencar Neto, Joaquim Fechine
• Lopes, Arthur José Maia

Titel

Brain metastasis from a thoracic myxofibrosarcoma: A case report and literature review

Ist Teil von

• Surgical neurology international, 2022-11, Vol.13, p.537, Article 537

Ort / Verlag

USA: Scientific Scholar

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Background: Myxofibrosarcoma (MFS) is a type of sarcoma that mainly affects elderly people; it represents only 5% of all sarcomas and shows no line of differentiation. Intracranial MFS is a rare condition. At present, limited data exist regarding brain metastasis from MFS. This article reports a case of MFS and reviews the literature regarding MFS metastasis. Case Description: We report a case of brain metastasis from chest wall MFS. The patient was diagnosed with an anterior thoracic MFS and underwent surgery and radiotherapy. One year later, he noticed a tumor on his left shoulder, and more than 1 year thereafter, bilateral lung metastasis was observed. Twelve months after lung metastasis, he presented to the emergency department and underwent contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, which demonstrated a left frontal tumor suggestive of brain metastasis. Since the main hypothesis was a sarcoma metastasis at the location close to the left motor area, and the patient had a good Karnofsky performance scale, the patient underwent neuronavigation-guided surgery. After surgery, the patient developed Grade III hemiparesis and aphasia. Brain tumor histopathology confirmed a malignant neoplasm with osteosarcomatous differentiation and metastasis from MFS. Conclusion: We report a rare case of MFS metastasis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the eighth case of intracerebral metastasis from MFS.