A 60-year-old man comes to the emergency department for a coma crisis. Ex-smoker for 3 years, with no other history of interest. A CT scan shows multiple metastases. What is the most probable origin?
Pretty easy, isn't it? Lung cancer is the most frequent cause of brain metastases and in 20-30% of cases it is as a result of them that the primary tumor is diagnosed (as here).
Head and neck cancer.
Lung cancer.
Urinary bladder cancer.
Colon cancer.
Pancreatic cancer.
Lung cancer is the most frequent cause of brain metastases and in 20-30% of cases it is as a result of them that the primary tumor is diagnosed (as here).