%0 Journal Article %T Encefalitis carcinomatosa %A S¨¢nchez %A Flavio %A Zylberman %A Marcelo %A Kozima %A Shigeru %A Tossen %A Gabriela %A Larra£¿aga %A Nebil %A Chacon %A Reinaldo %J Medicina (Buenos Aires) %D 2004 %I Fundaci¨®n Revista Medicina %X we report a case of carcinomatous encephalitis in a patient with lung adenocarcinoma and confusional syndrome. this is a rare form of brain metastases. we discuss its clinical picture, the importance of suspecting it after a normal computed tomography scan and the miliary typical images at magnetic resonance. %K carcinomatous encephalitis %K brain metastases %K central nervous system. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0025-76802004000600007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en