An Extremely Rare, Remote Intracerebral Metastasis of Oral Cavity Cancer: A Case Report

An Extremely Rare, Remote Intracerebral Metastasis of Oral Cavity Cancer: A Case Report

Distant brain metastases from oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) are extremely rare. Here we describe a case of a 53-year-old man with a primary OSCC who referred to the neurosurgical department because of epileptic seizures. MR imaging revealed an enhancing lesion in the right parietal lobe. A cr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Leimert, Mario, Juratli, Tareq A., Lindner, Claudia, Geiger, Kathrin D., Gerber, Johannes, Schackert, Gabriele, Kirsch, Matthias
Other Authors: Hindawi,
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden 2014
Subjects:
Krebs
Fernmetastasen
Gehirn
Plattenepithelkarzinome
TU Dresden
Publikationsfonds
Cancer
Distant brain metastases
oral squamous cell carcinomas
Technical University Dresden
Publication funds
ddc:610
rvk:XA 10000
Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-132102
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-132102
http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/13210/257046.pdf
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Summary:Distant brain metastases from oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) are extremely rare. Here we describe a case of a 53-year-old man with a primary OSCC who referred to the neurosurgical department because of epileptic seizures. MR imaging revealed an enhancing lesion in the right parietal lobe. A craniotomy with tumor removing was performed. Histopathological examination verified an invasive, minimally differentiated metastasis of the primary OSCC. The patient refused whole brain radiation therapy and died from pulmonary metastatic disease 10 months after the neurosurgical intervention without any cerebral recurrence. To the authors’ knowledge, only two similar cases have been previously reported.

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