[Brain metastasis of malignant melanoma. Analysis of 13 cases]. / Melanomas metastáticos intracranianos. Análise de 13 casos.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
; 55(2): 292-7, 1997 Jun.
Article
em Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9629390
The authors present a retrospective review of 13 patients with the diagnostic of intracranial metastatic malignant melanoma. Their ages ranged from 28 to 84 years. The time interval from diagnosis of primary tumor to development of cerebral metastases ranged from 6 to 60 months. There was preoperative evidence of extracranial disease in 9 patients. All patients underwent craniotomy, and the 30-day mortality was zero. The patients survived 2 to 55 months after surgery. Medium survival time for all patients was 14 months. The excision of metastatic melanoma from the brain, although not curative, may increase survival in patients with this metastatic cancer. The criteria for consideration of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are discussed.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Cutâneas
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Neoplasias Encefálicas
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Melanoma
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Alemanha