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Adenocarcinoma
Recent studies from University of Washington add new data to adenocarcinoma
November 25th, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "The pineal gland is one of the rarest sites in the brain to find metastatic neoplasms accounting for less than 1% of intracranial metastases. Furthermore, prostate adenocarcinomas rarely metastasize to the central nervous system." "We report a case of a 70-year-old man with an 8-year-history of high-grade, widely metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma. Autopsy findings included changes of hydrocephalus and an expansile pineal region mass that was compressing the tectal plate and underlying aqueduct. Grossly the lesion was gray-tan and granular on its cut surface. Microscopic evaluation revealed a neoplasm composed of large...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-11-25)
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