LEIOMYOSARCOMA OF THE UTERUS METASTATIC TO BRAIN - A CASE-REPORT AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Central nervous system metastases are an unusual sequela of uterine sa rcomas. A single brain metastasis from a leiomyosarcoma occurred in a 60-year-old woman, 6.5 years after hysterectomy and more than 2 years following the diagnosis of bilateral lung metastases, treated by combi nation chemotherapy. After resection of the cerebral metastasis, she w as treated with brain radiation therapy and survived 2.5 years. Only s even other cases of uterus leiomyosarcoma metastatic to the brain have been published. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.