CT BRAIN IMAGES IN CANCER PATIENTS WHO HAD NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS
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A retrospective study of CT images of 154 cancer patients who were sent for CT scanning due to the presence of neurological abnormalities. About 34% of the studied patients had brain metastases. Carcinoma of the lung, the breast and the nasopharynx were the three most common types of cancers in patients who came for the investigations and they represented the three most common types of cancers that had metastases to the brains. Malignant melanoma, malignant mole, chorioCa and Ca lacrimal gland had highest tendency for brain metastases. Facial palsy/hemiparesis, headache, seizure and alteration of consciousness were among the most neurological manifestations. Parenchymal metastases were more common than the dural/ leptomeningeal types.
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