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'''Intracerebral metastasis''' accounts for approximately 25-50% of intracranial tumors in hospitalized patients. The true incidence of brain metastasis is unknown, but recent estimates are as high as 200,000 cases per year in the United States alone. 80% of brain metastases can be accounted for by five primary tumor sites: lung, breast, skin (melanoma), kidney and the gastrointestinal tract. A population-based study of 169,444 cancer patients from 1973 to 2001 in Detroit revealed that overall, 10% of patients diagnosed with one of these five primaries went on to develop brain metastases. Specifically, 19.9% of lung cancers, 6.9% of melanomas, 6.5% of renal cancers, 5.1% of breast cancers and 1.8% of colorectal cancers metastasized to the brain. | |||
Parenchymal blood flow is an important determinant of the distribution of metastases. 80% of metastases localize to the cerebral hemispheres, 15% localize to the cerebellum and 3% localize to the basal ganglia. Often these tumors can be found at the gray/white matter junction. | |||
==Gross appearance== | |||
Typically metastases are sharply demarcated from the surrounding parenchyme and usually there is a zone of peritumoral edema out of proportion with the tumor size. | |||
==Microappearance== | |||
Typically well-demarcated with the exception of melanoma metastases. | |||
==Radiographic findings== | |||
There is a great deal of variability in the appearance of these tumors, however some generalizations can be made. | |||
===CT=== | |||
'''NECT:''' Iso to hypodense mass with anywhere from zero to marked peritumoral edema. | |||
'''CECT:''' enhancement is also variable and can be intense, punctuate, nodular or ring-enhanced if the tumor has out grown it's blood supply. | |||
==Clinical presentation and prognosis== | |||
These patients commonly present with headache, seizure, mental status changes, ataxia, nausea and vomiting and visual disturbances. However, 10% of these patients may be asymptomatic. | |||
Patients with brain mets have a mean survival of one month without treatment. With treatment, survival improves, but it is still dismal. The mean age of survival is still less than one year. | |||
==References== | |||
* Eichler AF, Loeffler JS. Multidisciplinary Management of Brain Metastases. The Oncologist 2007;12:884-898. | |||
* Kumar V, Abbas AK, Fausto N. Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders. 2005. | |||
* Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Sloan AE, Davis FG, et al. Incidence proportions of brain metastases in patients diagnosed (1973 to 2001) in the metropolitan Detroit cancer surveillance system. J of Clin Oncol 2004;22(14):2865-72. | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Associate Editor in Editor: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Intracerebral metastasis accounts for approximately 25-50% of intracranial tumors in hospitalized patients. The true incidence of brain metastasis is unknown, but recent estimates are as high as 200,000 cases per year in the United States alone. 80% of brain metastases can be accounted for by five primary tumor sites: lung, breast, skin (melanoma), kidney and the gastrointestinal tract. A population-based study of 169,444 cancer patients from 1973 to 2001 in Detroit revealed that overall, 10% of patients diagnosed with one of these five primaries went on to develop brain metastases. Specifically, 19.9% of lung cancers, 6.9% of melanomas, 6.5% of renal cancers, 5.1% of breast cancers and 1.8% of colorectal cancers metastasized to the brain.
Parenchymal blood flow is an important determinant of the distribution of metastases. 80% of metastases localize to the cerebral hemispheres, 15% localize to the cerebellum and 3% localize to the basal ganglia. Often these tumors can be found at the gray/white matter junction.
Gross appearance
Typically metastases are sharply demarcated from the surrounding parenchyme and usually there is a zone of peritumoral edema out of proportion with the tumor size.
Microappearance
Typically well-demarcated with the exception of melanoma metastases.
Radiographic findings
There is a great deal of variability in the appearance of these tumors, however some generalizations can be made.
CT
NECT: Iso to hypodense mass with anywhere from zero to marked peritumoral edema.
CECT: enhancement is also variable and can be intense, punctuate, nodular or ring-enhanced if the tumor has out grown it's blood supply.
Clinical presentation and prognosis
These patients commonly present with headache, seizure, mental status changes, ataxia, nausea and vomiting and visual disturbances. However, 10% of these patients may be asymptomatic.
Patients with brain mets have a mean survival of one month without treatment. With treatment, survival improves, but it is still dismal. The mean age of survival is still less than one year.
References
- Eichler AF, Loeffler JS. Multidisciplinary Management of Brain Metastases. The Oncologist 2007;12:884-898.
- Kumar V, Abbas AK, Fausto N. Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders. 2005.
- Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Sloan AE, Davis FG, et al. Incidence proportions of brain metastases in patients diagnosed (1973 to 2001) in the metropolitan Detroit cancer surveillance system. J of Clin Oncol 2004;22(14):2865-72.
Source