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Image:CT scan of brain metastasis 1.jpg|<sub>CT scan of a 60 year old patient who developed left-handed weakness which improved with corticosteroids and neurological examination revealing left pronator drift and left sided arm and leg weakness demonstrates right frontoparietal hyperdense intra-axial lesion that enhances in post contrast study. Small surrounding vasogenic edema and no significant mass effect is observed.<ref name=CTimage1>Image courtesy of Dr. Frank Gaillard. Radiopaedia (original file [http://radiopaedia.org/cases/metastatic-malignant-melanoma here]). Creative Commons BY-SA-NC</ref></sub>
Image:CT scan of brain metastasis 2.jpg|<sub>Ct scan of a patient with known (histologically confirmed) small cell carcinoma of the lungs demonstrates multiple cystic cerebral metastases.<ref name=ctimage2>Image courtesy of Dr. Frank Gaillard. Radiopaedia (original file [http://radiopaedia.org/cases/cerebral-metastases-1 here]). Creative Commons BY-SA-NC</ref></sub>
Image:CT scan of brain metastasis 3.jpg|<sub>Ct scan without contrast of the patient with known metastatic breast cancer, complaining of headache, demonstrates a solitary right frontal lobe mass with extensive surrounding edema. The mass has it's epicenter close to the grey white matter junction.<ref name=ctimage3>Image courtesy of Dr. Frank Gaillard. Radiopaedia (original file [http://radiopaedia.org/cases/cerebral-metastasis-breast-cancer here]). Creative Commons BY-SA-NC</ref></sub>
Image:CT scan of brain metastasis 4.jpg|<sub>Ct scan with contrast of the patient with known metastatic breast cancer, complaining of headache, demonstrates a solitary heterogenously enhancing right frontal lobe mass with extensive surrounding edema. The mass has it's epicenter close to the grey white matter junction.<ref name=ctimage3>Image courtesy of Dr. Frank Gaillard. Radiopaedia (original file [http://radiopaedia.org/cases/cerebral-metastasis-breast-cancer here]). Creative Commons BY-SA-NC</ref></sub>
Image:CT scan of brain metastasis 5.jpg|<sub>Postcontrast CT image of brain for a 60 year old male patient with metastatic bronchogenic carcinoma presenting with altered mental status and headache of recent onset demonstrating enhancing intra-axial lesion.<ref name=ctimage5>Image courtesy of Dr. Hani Al Salam. Radiopaedia (original file [http://radiopaedia.org/cases/bronchogenic-carcinoma-metastasis here]). Creative Commons BY-SA-NC</ref></sub>
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]

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Intracranial metastases must be differentiated from:[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Andrew B. Lassman & Lisa M. DeAngelis (2003). "Brain metastases". Neurologic clinics. 21 (1): 1–23. PMID 12690643. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ Differential diagnosis of brain metastases. Dr Bruno Di Muzio and Dr Trent Orton et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/brain-metastases. Accessed on November 9, 2015


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