Treatment of metastatic brain tumor from esophageal carcinoma--report of four cases

H Koga; J Mukawa; K Miyagi; S Nakasone; T Kinjo; H Miyazato; Y Ishikawa; K Ito; Y Higa

doi:10.2176/nmc.31.518

Treatment of metastatic brain tumor from esophageal carcinoma--report of four cases

Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 1991 Aug;31(8):518-22. doi: 10.2176/nmc.31.518.

Authors

H Koga¹, J Mukawa, K Miyagi, S Nakasone, T Kinjo, H Miyazato, Y Ishikawa, K Ito, Y Higa

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of the Ryukyus School of Medicine, Okinawa.

PMID: 1722881
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.31.518

Abstract

Metastasis to the brain from esophageal carcinoma is rare. Recently we had four cases, all treated by tumor removal. Three received postoperative whole or local brain irradiation. Anticancer pellets were implanted in two. The postoperative 1-year survival rate was 37.5%, which suggests the prognosis is not worse than for other metastatic brain tumors.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Brain Neoplasms / mortality
Brain Neoplasms / radiotherapy
Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
Brain Neoplasms / surgery
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / mortality
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / radiotherapy
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / secondary*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
Combined Modality Therapy
Esophageal Neoplasms / pathology*
Esophageal Neoplasms / therapy
Female
Frontal Lobe*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Occipital Lobe*
Prognosis