Cerebral Metastases as First Clinical Manifestation of Ovarian/Fallopian Tube Carcinoma

Atsushi Imai*, Satoshi Ichigo, Hiroshi Takagi, Ichiro Kawabata and Kazutoshi Matsunami

Received: November 21, 2018;   Published: December 03, 2018

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.11.002134

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Abstract

Cerebral metastases from ovarian/fallopian tube carcinoma, rare and highly dismal events, develop usually in patients with prolonged survival. There are only several reports on cancers in which brain involvements are present before or at the time of diagnosis of primary ovarian/fallopian tube carcinoma. Therefore we attempted to systemically review available evidence on brain metastasis as a first manifestation of ovarian/fallopian tube carcinomas. Consideration of the brain as a potential site of metastasis even early in the primary lesion may lead us to consider the occult ovarian/fallopian tube carcinoma in females affected by brain involvements.

Keywords : Ovarian Carcinoma; Fallopian Tube Carcinoma; Brain Metastasis; First Clinical Manifestation; Occult Primary Tumor