Mosquera Martin, Puente-Vallejo Raul, Leon-Rojas Jose E
School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, ECU.
Medical Research Department, NeurALL Research Group, Quito, ECU.
Cureus. 2021 Nov 22;13(11):e19806. doi: 10.7759/cureus.19806. eCollection 2021 Nov.
Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, a type of non-small cell lung cancer, is quite rare and has been associated with brain metastasis, mainly to the cerebral hemispheres. However, the rate of cerebellar metastasis is underreported in the literature and appears to be quite rare. Despite the rarity of this metastasis, treatment guidelines for both supratentorial and cerebellar lesions have been established by using either radiosurgery or whole-brain radiation therapy. The choice of modality must take into consideration the vicinity of relevant structures such as the brainstem and its multiple nuclei. Here we report the case of a 68-year-old male, resident of a rural community in the Andean region of Ecuador, a low-middle income country; with the diagnosis of a large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung with dual central nervous system metastasis treated with linear particle accelerator radio-surgery due to its versatility and cost-effectiveness in a resource-limited setting. We showcase the rarity of the metastatic lesions as well as the utility of linear accelerators and their versatility to perform precise radiosurgical procedures in two simultaneous locations.
大细胞神经内分泌癌是一种非小细胞肺癌,相当罕见,且与脑转移有关,主要转移至大脑半球。然而,小脑转移的发生率在文献中报道较少,似乎也相当罕见。尽管这种转移很罕见,但对于幕上和小脑病变,已通过使用放射外科或全脑放射治疗制定了治疗指南。治疗方式的选择必须考虑到相关结构(如脑干及其多个神经核)的邻近情况。在此,我们报告一例68岁男性病例,该患者居住在厄瓜多尔安第斯地区的一个农村社区,厄瓜多尔是一个中低收入国家;该患者被诊断为肺大细胞神经内分泌癌并伴有双中枢神经系统转移,由于在资源有限的环境中线性粒子加速器放射外科具有多功能性和成本效益,因此采用其进行治疗。我们展示了转移性病变的罕见性以及线性加速器在两个同时发生病变的部位进行精确放射外科手术的效用和多功能性。