Open AccessCranial computed tomographic findings in Nigerian women with metastatic breast cancer
Author(s) -
M O Obajimi,
Godwin Ogbole,
Adenike Temitayo Adeniji-Sofoluwe,
Amos Olufemi Adeleye,
T N Elumelu,
A O Oluwasola,
O O Akute
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.110048
Subject(s) - medicine , skull , radiology , lesion , breast cancer , presentation (obstetrics) , retrospective cohort study , cancer , surgery
Brain metastases (BM) occur in up to one-fifth of patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Imaging plays a key role in diagnosis. The pattern and distribution of these changes are also crucial to their management. These patterns have not been fully studied in Nigerian women.