Endometrial cancer metastasis to brain: report of two cases and a review of the literature

Surg Neurol. 1993 May;39(5):355-9. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(93)90199-b.

Abstract

Two cases of brain metastases from endometrial adenocarcinoma are reported. A 70-year-old female presented with lung metastases 14 months after hysterectomy and adjuvant treatment. At 6 months later, a cerebellar metastasis was resected and followed by radiation therapy. The patient died 5.5 months later. In the second case, a 60-year-old patient developed a lung endometrial metastasis 6 years after initial treatment. At 1 year later she was diagnosed with bilateral hydrocephalus caused by a left temporal and posterior fossa tumor. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt was inserted and she received brain radiation. Two weeks later she gradually became comatose, with right hemiparesis. A metastatic, hemorrhagic temporal tumor was resected but the patient never regained consciousness and died after 7 weeks. The existing literature on brain metastases from endometrial adenocarcinoma is reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary
  • Aged
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / pathology
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / secondary
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged