Solitary intra-ventricular brain metastasis from a breast carcinoma

J Neurooncol. 2010 Mar;97(1):123-6. doi: 10.1007/s11060-009-9988-z. Epub 2009 Sep 2.

Abstract

Prevalence of symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases among patients with breast cancer ranges from 5% to 16%, although autoptic studies have reported prevalence rates of up to 30%. Solid brain tumours are the most common presentation in the CNS (85-95%), and they tend to arise at the grey-white matter junction with a distribution that is proportional to the regional cerebral blood flow. Descriptions of solitary intra-ventricular metastasis are very rare; to date no cases from breast cancer have been reported in the literature. We present the unusual case of a breast cancer patient who developed a solitary choroid plexus metastasis in the left lateral ventricle.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Carcinoma / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lateral Ventricles / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods