CARCINOMATOUS ENCEPHALITIS (MILIARY METASTASES) - LACK OF CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT

Authors
NEMZEK W POIRIER V SALAMAT MS YU T
Citation
W. Nemzek et al., CARCINOMATOUS ENCEPHALITIS (MILIARY METASTASES) - LACK OF CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT, American journal of neuroradiology, 14(3), 1993, pp. 540-542
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
American journal of neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01956108
Volume
14
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
540 - 542
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6108(1993)14:3<540:CE(M-L>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Carcinomatous encephalitis is a rare form of brain metastasis in which there is diffuse miliary spread of punctate tumor nodules in a periva scular distribution. In this case, these tiny tumor nodules were seen throughout the cortical and basal gangliar gray matter only on T2-weig hted images. Contrast-enhanced CT and T1-weighted MR images did not de monstrate these tumor nodules.