Ovarian adenocarcinoma usually disseminates and recurs the abdominal cavity. The detection of central nervous system metastases is rare. In this report we describe a case of intracranial recurrence that developed during a complete local surgical and pathological response and was treated radically with surgery followed by radiation.
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