Open-access Brain metastasis as initial presentation of papillary adenocarcinoma of the lung: case report*

Abstract

The authors describe the case of a 33-year-old patient with history of seizures alone without any previous symptom, being diagnosed with brain metastases from primary papillary adenocarcinoma of the lung. Emphasis is given to the diagnostic investigation for brain metastasis and prognostic evaluation of papillary adenocarcinoma of the lung, and a brief literature review on such diseases is performed.

Neoplastic metastasis; Papillary adenocarcinoma; Immunohistochemistry


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