Hemorrhagic intracranial metastases

Hemorrhagic intracranial metastases are considered to represent between 3-14% of all cerebral metastases (cf. 1-3% of gliomas are hemorrhagic).

These classically originate from:

melanoma

renal cell carcinoma

choriocarcinoma

thyroid carcinoma: papillary carcinoma of the thyroid has the highest rate of hemorrhage

lung cancer: given the sheer number of cases, even though atypical for these primaries they are, nonetheless, common breast carcinoma: as for lung

hepatocellular carcinoma

hepatoblastoma (rare)

osteogenic sarcoma (rare)