Open AccessIntracerebral Metastasis of Esophageal Carcinoma
Author(s) -
David J. Chalif,
Nancy E. Epstein,
Eugene S. Flamm,
Margaret Whelan,
Gleb N. Budzilovich
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/00006123-198109000-00017
Subject(s) - medicine , metastasis , carcinoma , brain metastasis , intracerebral hemorrhage , pathology , surgery , cancer , subarachnoid hemorrhage
Esophageal carcinoma is a rare but recognized source of intracerebral metastatic tumors. The case of a 62-year-old man with an isolated intracerebral metastasis from this primary focus is presented and discussed, Total excision was followed by complete resolution of the patient's neurological deficit.