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A Rare Cause of Headache in Common Cancer: Ovarian Carcinoma with Brain Metastasis

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Brain metastasis is a rare manifestation of any gynecological malignancy. Brain metastasis from ovarian cancers is rare but increasing in the post-chemotherapy era due to increased survival. We report a rare case of ovarian malignancy who had recurrence as an isolated brain metastasis soon after cytoreductive surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy. The management of such cases should be individualized based on site and extent of disease, which usually includes multimodality approach with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.

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  1. Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India

    B. P. Amrith, Venkata Pradeep Babu Koyyala, Prasanta K. Dash, Varun Goel & Vineet Talwar

  2. Department of Pathology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India

    Divya Bansal

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Amrith, B.P., Koyyala, V.P.B., Dash, P.K. et al. A Rare Cause of Headache in Common Cancer: Ovarian Carcinoma with Brain Metastasis. Indian J Gynecol Oncolog 17, 11 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40944-018-0255-0

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