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Brain Metastases Classification

see Intracranial Metastases Classification

Brain metastases from cancer of unknown primary site.


From different cancers.

For example:

EGFR-Mutant Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Intracranial Metastases

Bladder cancer intracranial metastases.

Melanoma brain metastases.

Brain metastases from ovarian cancer.

Brain Metastases from Endometrial Cancer.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) infrequently causes brain metastases (BM) (1.2%) 1).


see Lung cancer intracranial metastases.

see Multiple brain metastases.

Frontal lobe metastases

Frontal lobe metastases.

Motor cortex brain metastases

Temporal lobe metastases

Temporal lobe 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

Cystic brain metastases

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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.