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F:
1)
Multiple, rounded, contrast-enhancing soft-tissue masses with 2) surrounding
low density areas and 3) flattened sulci
H:
Adult
woman, 32-years-old, headache, drowsiness, vomiting, dysdiadochokinesis (slow
and uneven at fast hand movements), repeated loss of balance. Excision of a
malignant melanoma at the right calve about 5 years ago.
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1) More than 30% of intracranial neoplastic diseases are caused by metastases/secondaries
(breast, lung, melanoma). Primaries
include: astocytomas, glioblastoma multiforme, oligodendrogliomas, ependymomas,
meningiomas. 2) Rising intracranial pressure can be caused by e. g. head injury,
meningoencephalitis, haemorrhage or cerebral oedema and tumour
D:
(CCT
after contrast) At brain windows there are multiple, rounded, enhancing soft-tissue
masses, some with surrounding oedema (low density areas), throughout both hemispheres
and especially throughout the cerebellum. As evidence of rising intracranial
pressure the sulci are flattened against the inner skull. Hence evidence of
multiple metastases from malignant melanoma.
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