Table 1.

Patients with unsuspected finding of malignant lesions above the base-of-skull.

No.	Primary	G	Age	Distribution of brain lesions	Stage with LWB	Stage with TWB	Change in management
1	Neuroendocrine of the cecum	M	44	Rt (right) frontoparietal	IV	IV	Unknown
2	Lung	M	67	Lt (left) temporal	IV	IV	whole brain (WB) radiation
3	Lung	M	65	Rt frontal	I	IV	surgical resection followed by WB radiation
4	Lung	F	80	Rt frontal and Lt temporoparietal	I	IV	Cyberknife therapy
5	Lung	M	65	Multiple	III	IV	WB radiation
6	Lung	M	65	Lt frontal	IV	IV	WB radiation
7	Lung	M	61	Rt frontal	IV	IV	Cyberknife therapy
8	Right nasal cavity	M	27	Rt parietal and Lt frontal	IV	IV	WB radiation
9	Lung	M	64	Rt frontal	IV	IV	WB radiation
10	Lung	M	63	Rt temporal	IV	IV	Cyberknife therapy
11	Mucoepidermoid tumor of right tongue	M	66	Lt frontal	IV	IV	Unknown
12	Lung	M	63	Rt frontal and parietal	IV	IV	WB radiation
13	Lung	M	70	Lt frontoparietal	I	IV	WB radiation

LWB, limited whole body field of view from the base of the skull to the upper-thighs.

TWB, true whole body field of view from the top of the skull to the feet.