Cerebral metastasis in diffused melanoma
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A 45-year-old [female]
patient undergoes surgery on the left leg for melanoma about
one-and-a-half years earlier. After that, the patient undergoes
surgical intervention on the upper left pulmonary area for
metastasis.
Figure 1: Before treatment
Figure 2: After treatment
The patient should have undergone another cycle between June and July to eliminate the cerebral masses completely. However, intra-abdominal lesions appeared in the meantime. After the installation of a catheter for the treatment of this, the patient experiences an infection which delays further treatment for the cerebral masses, making it impossible to adequately treat and destroy them. The patient dies several months later.
Complete CAT scans of February 24, 2001 (above) and of May 30, 2001 (figure 3 and 4) Figure 3
Figure 4
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