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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1988;51:256-259 doi:10.1136/jnnp.51.2.256
  • Research Article

Metastatic carcinoma to glioma: a report of three cases with a critical review of the literature.

  1. S J Mörk,
  2. L J Rubinstein
  1. Department of Pathology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908.

      Abstract

      Three cases are reported of primary bronchial carcinoma with metastatic deposits in an intracranial glioma (two cerebral astrocytomas and one fourth ventricle ependymoma). The rarity of this phenomenon is emphasised and the literature critically reviewed.

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