Carcinoma metastatic to a cerebellar vascular malformation: case report

Neurosurgery. 1990 Jun;26(6):1054-6; discussion 1056-7. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199006000-00023.

Abstract

A 73-year-old woman with a spontaneous intracerebellar hemorrhage was seen and was found to have metastatic adenocarcinoma within a vascular malformation. There was no evidence of other metastatic disease. The association of these two lesions is uncommon and has rarely been reported. The rich vascularity of the malformation may explain the hematogenous deposition of metastatic neoplasm at this site.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Aged
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / pathology
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / surgery
  • Cerebellum / blood supply*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / pathology*
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / surgery