Friday, August 20, 2010

Hemorrhagic Brain Metastases

Most likely brain metastases to present with hemorrhage:
  • Renal cell carcinoma
  • Bronchogenic carcinoma of the lung
  • Melanoma
  • Metastatic choriocarcinoma
  • Medullary thyroid Ca
The most common hemorrhagic metastatic lesion:
  • Bronchogenic carcinoma of lung
Metastases to the brain from prostate cancer are rare and are not typically associated with hemorrhage.

References

Atlas SW, Grossman RI, Gomori JM, Hackney DB, Goldberg HI, Zimmerman RA, Bilaniuk LT. Hemorrhagic intracranial malignant neoplasms: spin-echo MR imaging. Radiology. 1987 Jul;164(1):71-7. Mandybur TI. Intracranial hemorrhage caused by metastatic tumors. Neurology. 1977 Jul;27(7):650-5.

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