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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2016 Sep 2;26(4):601–620. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2016.06.008

Table 1.

Common Anatomic Localization Of CNS Metastatic Tumor Burden

Location Histological Origin
Common
Calvarium
Leptomeninges (Arachnoid & Subarachnoid)		 Breast, Lung, Prostate, Renal Breast, Melanoma, Lung, Leukemia, Lymphoma
Parenchyma (Gray White Matter Junction) Lung, breast, melanoma, colon, renal
Rare
Pachymeningeal Carcinomatosis (Dura) Breast, Lymphoma, Prostate, Lung, Neuroblastoma
Leptomeninges (Isolated Subpial; Milliary) Melanoma

Note: Complied from data presented by Nussbaum and Das et al.