Abstract:The occurrence of brain metastasis from a cervix carcinoma is extremely rare. It accounts only for 0.5 to 1.2% of the cases in earlier literature. Its prognosis is poor. We report the clinical history of a 45-year-old woman diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix and who developed an isolated right frontal lobe metastasis after one year of treatment of the primary disease. Intracranial hypertension was the predominant clinical symptom. The patient underwent surgical excision of the cerebral metast… Show more
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