Presentation and course of brain metastases from breast cancer in a paranoid-schizophrenic patient : a case report
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/2141Date
2008-09-30Type
Journal articleTidsskriftartikkel
Peer reviewed
Abstract
Case presentation: This is an unusual case where a 49-year old female patient with known
schizophrenia, paranoid type and a history of early-stage breast cancer, which was treated more
than 6 years earlier, attempted suicide. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging
after this incident revealed the presence of multiple brain metastases as the first symptomatic site
of recurrent cancer. Further staging lead to the diagnosis of lung, hilar and mediastinal lymph node
metastases and histology confirmed estrogen receptor-positive metastatic cancer. Treatment
consisted of whole-brain radiotherapy and letrozole. Twenty-one months later, the patient is in
continued partial remission.
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BioMed CentralCitation
Cases Journal 2008, 1:195Metadata
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