%0 Journal Article
%T Calcified brain metastatic adenocarcinoma: A case report and review of the literature
%A Eshagh Bahrami
%A Mohsen Benam
%A Morteza Taheri
%J The Neuroradiology Journal
%@ 2385-1996
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1971400918805184
%X Calcification in brain metastasis occurs rarely so it is reported in approximately 1% of surgical and 6.6% of autopsy specimens. Here we report a new case of brain metastasis with calcification. A 44-year-old woman presented with a generalized tonic¨Cclonic seizure with no neurological deficit on physical examination. Brain imaging demonstrated a hyperdense lesion on computed tomography scan and hyposignal and rim enhancement on T1, T2 and T1 with gadolinium injection sequence images in the right parieto-occipital lobe. Intraoperatively, there was a well-defined solid homogenous calcified mass within brain parenchyma. The lesion that resembled a meningioma was totally resected. The histopathological examination revealed metastatic adenocarcinoma. Metastatic brain lesions should be in the differential diagnosis of a solitary calcified brain mass, although it occurs rarely. It is important to differentiate it radiologically from intralesional haemorrhage
%K Calcified brain mass
%K metastatic adenocarcinoma
%K colon cancer
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1971400918805184