A Rare Cause of Headache in Common Cancer: Ovarian Carcinoma with Brain Metastasis

Amrith, BP; Koyyala, Venkata Pradeep Babu; Dash, Prasanta K.; Goel, Varun; Bansal, Divya; Talwar, Vineet

doi:10.1007/s40944-018-0255-0

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“…Clinical symptoms of CNS metastases include motor weakness, speech disturbance, seizures, headaches, and confusion, and are confirmed in approximately 90% of patients at diagnosis. Nonetheless, some patients can be diagnosed without any neurological deficits [9,11,72,73]. Surgery, irradiation, and chemotherapy represent the treatment of choice for prolonging survival of these patients [12].…”

Section: Pathways and Metastatic Sites Of Ovarian And Peritoneal Cmentioning

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Rare Distant Metastatic Disease of Ovarian and Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: A Review of the Literature

Thomakos

Diakosavvas

Machairiotis

et al. 2019

Cancers

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Background: Although metastases of ovarian and peritoneal carcinomatosis are most commonly found within the peritoneal cavity, there is a number of other rare distant sites that have been reported. Our goal is to provide an evidence-based summary of the available literature considering the rare distant metastatic sites of ovarian and peritoneal carcinomatosis. Methods: A comprehensive search of the literature was conducted, with Medline/PubMed being searched for cases of rare metastatic disease originated from primary ovarian and peritoneal cancer with related articles up to 2019 including terms such as “ovarian cancer”, “metastases”, “peritoneal” and others. Results: The most common mechanism of ovarian cancer metastases consists of primarily dissemination within the peritoneal cavity, while, rare and distant sites can either occur at the beginning or during the course of the disease and they are usually associated with hematogenous route and lymphatic invasion, having poor prognosis, with the least common sites being skin, bone, CNS, eye, placenta, central airways, rare lymph nodes, intra-abdominal organs, heart and breast. Conclusions: The occurrence of metastatic sites described in this review represents the most common rare distant metastatic sites, and even though their patterns of metastases are still not fully clarified due to the rarity of the reports, they offer valuable information considering the pathophysiology of the disease.

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Section: Pathways and Metastatic Sites Of Ovarian And Peritoneal Cmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rare Distant Metastatic Disease of Ovarian and Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: A Review of the Literature

Thomakos

Diakosavvas

Machairiotis

et al. 2019

Cancers

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A Rare Cause of Headache in Common Cancer: Ovarian Carcinoma with Brain Metastasis

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Rare Distant Metastatic Disease of Ovarian and Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: A Review of the Literature

Rare Distant Metastatic Disease of Ovarian and Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: A Review of the Literature

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