Cerebral Metastasis of a Uterine Leiomyosarcoma Case Report

Ibrahim M. ZIYAL; Murat MUSLUMAN; Ghassan K. BEJJANI; Canan TANIK; Cengiz S. TÜRKMEN; Yunus AYDIN

doi:10.2176/nmc.39.238

Cerebral Metastasis of a Uterine Leiomyosarcoma

Case Report

Ibrahim M. ZIYAL, Murat MUSLUMAN, Ghassan K. BEJJANI, Canan TANIK, Cengiz S. TÜRKMEN, Yunus AYDIN

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Keywords: cerebral metastasis, leiomyosarcoma, uterine tumor

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1999 Volume 39 Issue 3 Pages 238-241

DOI https://doi.org/10.2176/nmc.39.238

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Abstract

A 38-year-old female presented with sudden neurological deterioration 6 years after an operation and chemotherapy for uterine leiomyosarcoma. An extremely rare metastasis of the uterine leiomyosarcoma to the brain was identified and totally resected. Whole brain irradiation (50 Gy) was given. A recurrence of the metastasis was resected 10 weeks later. She ultimately died of a second recurrence. Aggressive surgical management of cerebral metastasis of uterine leiomyosarcoma may achieve an improved outcome.

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