Letter to the Editor

Breast Cancer Metastasis to the Gasserian Ganglion

Authors: Federico L. Ampil, MD, Gary V. Burton, MD, Mardjohan Hardjasudarma, MD, Travis Henley, MD

Abstract

To the Editor:In an autopsy study of 309 patients with breast carcinoma metastases to the central nervous system, the brain was most frequently affected, followed by the meninges and the spinal cord.1 In this letter, we describe a patient with breast cancer who had metastatic tumor in the gasserian ganglion.

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