SOLITARY INTRACRANIAL LATE METASTASES OF A GRANULOSA-CELL-TUMOR OF THE OVARY

A 75-year old patient was admitted to hospital in June 1989. She was s uffering from headache since three months. In the neurological examina tion a mild hemiparesis on the left side, personal changes and apracti c disturbances could be found. 10 years before a granulosa-cell tumour of the left ovary was extirpated, postoperatively the patient receive d radiation and polychemotherapy. CT-scan and MRI of the head showed a tumour parieto-occipital on the right hemisphere with multiple cystic and solid areas. The tumour was extirpated in toto. The postoperative course was uneventful. Primary tumour of the left ovary and intracran ial metastasis showed the same histological findings.