Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 2, 2026

Modeling Brain Metastasis by Internal Carotid Artery Injection of Cancer Cells
Published on: August 2, 2022
Adenocarcinoma metastaticum of the frontal region
Faris Foco1, Dina Dizdarevic-Spago, Rusmira Efendic
1Clinic of Maxillofacial surgery, Clinical center of University in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. farisfoco@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Adenocarcinoma is a carcinoma originating from epithelium of glandular tissue. It has higher incidence in smokers and most often is a common type of lung cancer find in non-smokers women. Adenocarcinoma tumors are highly heterogeneous and there are several major subtypes: adenocarcinoma, papillary adenocarcinoma, bronchoalveolar carcinoma, solid adenocarcinoma with mucin production. Adenocarcinoma of the lung is prone to give metastases to the liver, spleen, brain and most to cervical limphonodes. We present a case of a 55-year-old woman with an unusually localized metastatic adenocarcinoma with its primary focus originating from the lungs. Formation reached size of 15 cm in diametre during three months along with destruction of frontal bone ad intracranial penetration. We couldn't find similary localised metastatic adenocarcinoma in world literature.
Related Concept Videos
Metastasis
Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition
The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition or EMT is a developmental process commonly observed in wound healing, embryogenesis, and cancer metastasis. EMT is induced by transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) or receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) ligands, which further...
Metastasis
Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition
The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition or EMT is a developmental process commonly observed in wound healing, embryogenesis, and cancer metastasis. EMT is induced by transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) or receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) ligands, which further...
