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Overview

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.
Common intracranial sites associated with subependymal giant cell astrocytoma include:^[1]

Typically well-demarcated with the exception of melanoma metastases.

↑ Khuntia, Deepak (2015). "Contemporary Review of the Management of Brain Metastasis with Radiation". Advances in Neuroscience. 2015: 1–13. doi:10.1155/2015/372856. ISSN 2356-6787.