Metastatic intracranial tumours : experience and review of literature.

摘要: Eighty five patients with histopathologically confirmed intracranial metastatic lesions were analysed retrospectively. There 55 males and 30 females. More than half of the in fourth fifth decades. Headache (69 percent), vomiting (50 percent) altered sensorium (46 common presenting features. Failing vision epileptic seizures present 18 percent 15 cases, respectively. Papilloedema was 68 patients. Motor weakness cranial nerve involvement found 42 22 patients, In 87 cases located within cerebral hemispheres. Only 6 had cerebellum. Carcinoma lung responsible for 36 all metastases, followed by malignancy gastrointestinal tract (15 genito-urinary (7 breast (6 percent). The primary lesion could not be 19 cases. 80 underwent surgery less those received postoperative irradiation chemotherapy. immediate mortality 21 percent. overall survival at years