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<journal-id>1029-3043</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicentro Electrónica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Medicentro Electrónica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1029-3043</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S1029-30432021000400606</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización de los pacientes con metástasis cerebral en el Hospital Universitario Clínico-Quirúrgico «Arnaldo Milián Castro»]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Characterization of patients with brain metastases at "Arnaldo Milián Castro" Clinical and Surgical University Hospital]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Vázquez Gómez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lázaro Aurelio]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Padilla Cueto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Isidoro]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tejeda Castañeda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Evelyn]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario Clínico-Quirúrgico Arnaldo Milián Castro  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Clara Villa Clara]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario Dr. Celestino Hernández Robau  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Clara Villa Clara]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>25</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>606</fpage>
<lpage>620</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1029-30432021000400606&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1029-30432021000400606&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1029-30432021000400606&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  las metástasis cerebrales constituyen una manifestación única y diferenciada en el cáncer diseminado. En Cuba, su incremento entre las principales causas de muerte constituye un problema de salud.  Objetivo:  caracterizar clínica, epidemiológica e imagenológicamente los pacientes con metástasis cerebral ingresados en el Hospital Universitario Clínico-Quirúrgico «Arnaldo Milián Castro» de Santa Clara, durante el período 2012-2016.  Métodos:  se realizó un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal, con un muestreo intencional de 50 pacientes que ingresaron con diagnóstico de metástasis cerebral en el período 2012-2016.  Resultados:  el grupo de edad más afectado por la metástasis cerebral fue el de 60 a 69 años con predominio del sexo masculino. El tumor primario más frecuente fue el de pulmón, y entre ellos predominó el adenocarcinoma de células pequeñas. En la tomografía axial computarizada y la resonancia magnética nuclear predominaron las lesiones metastásicas múltiples sobre las únicas.  Conclusiones:  se concluyó que las metástasis cerebrales caracterizadas se originaban con frecuencia de tumores de pulmón en pacientes mayores de 60 años y pertenecientes al sexo masculino.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  brain metastases constitute a unique and differentiated manifestation in disseminated cancer. In Cuba, its increase among the main causes of death constitutes a health problem.  Objective:  to characterize the clinical, epidemiological and imaging features of patients with brain metastases admitted to "Arnaldo Milián Castro" Clinical and Surgical University Hospital from Santa Clara during 2012-2016.  Methods:  a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out, with an intentional sampling of 50 patients who were admitted with a diagnosis of brain metastasis in the period 2012-2016.  Results:  the most affected age group by brain metastasis was between 60 and 69 years old, with a predominance of males. The most common primary tumor was lung carcinoma, and small&#8208;cell adenocarcinoma predominated among them. Multiple metastatic lesions predominated over single ones in computed axial tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.  Conclusions:  we concluded that the characterized brain metastases were frequently originated from lung tumors in male patients older than 60 years.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[neoplasm metastasis]]></kwd>
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