Neurosurg Rev

An unusual presentation of metastatic adenocarcinoma in the cerebellum associated with intratumoral hemorrhage mimicking a stroke. A case report.

Year 1998
Erten SF. Ertas E. Duygulu C. Aydin EN. Colak A.
Department of Neurosurgery, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
Spontaneous bleeding from a metastatic tumor in the brain is usually associated with melanoma, choriocarcinoma, or hypernephroma. We report a patient with rectum adenocarcinoma which metastasized into the cerebellum and mimicked a stroke, and discuss the clinical features and diagnostic problems of this uncommon condition.