Brain metastasis from pancreatic cancer: A case report and literature review

A 68-year-old man presented to our hospital with a 1-month history of slowly progressing altered mental status and gait disturbance. Magnetic resonance imaging and abdominal computed tomography revealed advanced pancreatic cancer (PC) with brain and para-aortic lymph node metastases. Gross total resection of the brain metastatic tumor was performed. Although symptoms improved, the patient died 3 months postoperatively. In general, the prognosis for PC patients with brain metastasis is very poor. Surgical resection of brain metastasis may play a very limited role in allowing long-term survival of patients for whom the primary PC is controlled or with particular oncocytic-type tumors.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Brain metastasis from pancreatic cancer: A case report and literature review ; volume:10 ; number:01 ; year:2015 ; pages:35-39 ; Asian journal of neurosurgery ; 10, Heft 01 (2015), 35-39

Contributors, Places and Time

• Contributor: Matsumoto, Hiroaki ; Yoshida, Yasuhisa

Further information

• DOI: 10.4103/1793-5482.151507
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022120110100737913657
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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