Brain Metastases Classification
Brain metastases from cancer of unknown primary site.
From different cancers.
For example:
Bladder cancer intracranial metastases.
Brain metastases from ovarian cancer.
Brain Metastases from Endometrial Cancer.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) infrequently causes brain metastases (BM) (1.2%) 1).
Precentral gyrus metastases
Distribution
The majority of brain metastases originate from primary cancers in the lung (40–50%) or breast (15–25%), or from melanoma (5–20%) 2)
They are common in elderly population and mostly due to primary lung. Adenocarcinoma was the most common histology of primary. Majority of lesions has been observed at parietal lobe 3).
Cystic brain metastases
1)
, 2)
Schouten LJ, Rutten J, Huveneers HA, Twijnstra A. Incidence of brain metastases in a cohort of patients with carcinoma of the breast, colon, kidney, and lung and melanoma. Cancer. 2002;94:2698–2705.
3)
Saha A, Ghosh SK, Roy C, Choudhury KB, Chakrabarty B, Sarkar R. Demographic
and clinical profile of patients with brain metastases: A retrospective study.
Asian J Neurosurg. 2013 Jul;8(3):157-61. doi: 10.4103/1793-5482.121688. PubMed
PMID: 24403959.