MRI in carcinomatous encephalitis

• DOI: 10.1007/s002340050441
• Publication Date: 2002-08-25T07:47:25Z
• Authors: H. Shirai; S. Imai; Y. Kajihara; T. Tamada; M. Gyoten; T. Kamei; T. Hata; T. Shirabe
• Keywords: Male; Brain Neoplasms; Brain; Adenocarcinoma; Salivary Gland Neoplasms; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Pineal Gland; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; Fatal Outcome; 0302 clinical medicine; Encephalitis; Humans; Neoplasms, Unknown Primary; Aged

We report a rare case of miliary brain metastases presenting with symptoms similar to encephalitis ("carcinomatous encephalitis"). Contrast-enhanced MRI demonstrated miliary metastases more distinctly than other imaging methods and reproduced the pathological features.