Calcified, cystic brain metastases

Eur J Radiol. 1997 Jul;25(1):36-40. doi: 10.1016/s0720-048x(96)01123-0.

Abstract

Calcifications are uncommon in metastases. Adenocarcinoma, osteopenic, osteosarcoma, lung and breast carcinoma can be the origin. A rare case of calcified cystic brain metastasis deriving from papillary cystadenocarcinoma is reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Calcinosis / diagnosis
  • Calcinosis / pathology*
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / secondary
  • Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary / diagnosis
  • Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary / pathology*
  • Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary / secondary
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed