ArticleJournal of general and family medicine2020
A central nervous system metastasis of melanoma with stroke-like onset of left-lower quadrantanopsia.
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- Causes of death among patients with cutaneous melanoma: a US population-based study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- A central nervous system metastasis of melanoma with stroke-like onset of left-lower quadrantanopsia.Journal of general and family medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
"Stroke mimics" mean diseases presenting with acute neurological impairments that are taken for stroke. Discriminating them is crucial to avoid improper treatment or delayed correct treatment. We describe a 48-year-old woman presenting with a sudden onset of scintillating scotoma and left-lower quadrantanopsia. Hyperacute cerebral infarction was suspected. However, brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a mass at the cortico-medullary junction in the right occipital lobe. We diagnosed her as metastatic melanoma. We suspected that neurological deficits can be attributed to seizure, and therefore introduced levetiracetam. She showed neurological improvement immediately. Our case demonstrated the importance of considering brain tumor as a differential diagnosis in patients presenting with acute-onset neurological deficits. In addition to appropriate treatment of tumor, the use of newer antiepileptic drugs resulted in good neurological prognosis in metastatic brain tumors.
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