Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis and bilateral internal auditory canal metastases from ovarian carcinoma
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Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis and bilateral internal auditory canal metastases from ovarian carcinoma
Ovarian cancer, a leading cause of death in women, typically spreads locally and rarely metastasizes to the brain or seeds the leptomeninges. We present a case of a 62-year-old woman with a history of treated ovarian cell carcinoma who developed bilateral sensorineural deafness and right-sided facial weakness and on imaging was found to have bilateral internal auditory canal (IAC) masses and le...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiology Case Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1930-0433
DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2017.03.013